For the honour of Russian postmasters in general, I am glad to say that such specimens as the jack-in-office at Kstavo are rare.
But between a "wise administrator" and a "jack-in-office" there is all the difference in the world.
They warned off the rabble with the insolence every jack-in-office displays towards his inferiors.
She's full of red-tape notions, and a Jack-in-office to-day because the Empress has left her in charge.
But on the other hand, these equalitarian plainnesses leave an open field for the insolence of Jack-in-office.
