One sees beloved faces and hears beloved voices, knowing that the vision will last but a few moments; one feels so near to the other, and yet so far off, as there can be no intimate conversation before a stranger, an enemy and a spy.
Kropotkin describes the bittersweet nature of brief family visits while incarcerated.
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