Bruno Jasieński. The conspiracy of the indifferent (№ 373320)

In most countries this evening, on a very old custom, people gathered in restaurants and in private homes, a lot of eating and drinking, kept glancing at his watch. At twelve o'clock under the generic jingle and hubbub they raised a toast to the coming New year. Most of them believed that the past year was extremely bad and difficult, but new would be better. However, as they thought a year ago.