"Now, now," said Tamara, favoring him with a smile. "We’re simple servants of the People, Captain, doing what we can to keep our homeland prosperous, under very trying conditions ... It’s a pity you didn’t come earlier. Your cargo would have made nice Party favors." Tamara made a quick decision. "I’ll have the servants—I mean the service personnel —unload the truck, here at our City Palace. There’s plenty of storage room in our basement. And we’ll take one of my husband’s buses down to the train station, to get your fuel. I’m sure it won’t take long."