The Wonderful Doctor. Gogol-Mogol

A Wonderful Doctor
All the meager family savings were spent on treating Merts­alov for typhoid fever; he was fired from his job; one daughter died, and the second girl is now seriously ill. The whole family now lives in total poverty—there’s no money for food and doctors. Grigory Yemelyanovich Merts­alov was in despair.

Eggnog
A handful of baked eggs, a pound of sugar, two lemons, and half a bottle of cognac—this is what you’ll get if you make Shaliapin-style eggnog, so that the famous bass voice doesn’t accidentally go missing.