He was again quite flustered. Litvinoff told me à propos of Tchicherin
that he had advised him to get someone extra into his office to help to
get his papers straight. Tchicherin agreed, and said that he had already
heard of a young man who would do very well because “he works during the
day, so that he is free at night.” Litvinoff asked when the man should
sleep; Tchicherin looked surprised, he had forgotten about that.