New York City, 1917:
Trotsky bought some furniture on an instalment plan, $200 of which remained unpaid when the family left for Russia in the spring. By the time the credit company caught up with him. Trotsky had become Foreign Minister of the largest country in the world.
— Orlando Figes, A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924
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