A man from a cottage across the street gave me a lift to the city. Lucky I got him. True, at first I climbed with questions why Zhannochka was leaving, why she was hysterical all over the street, what happened with us, but then I realized that I was not going to answer, and got rid of it.

He dropped me off in the center, and from there I reached Lyokha Bondar in fifteen minutes. Why - I do not know. I didn’t build any specific plans, I just suddenly wanted someone of my own, an acquaintance, to be nearby. Maybe they would have burrowed somewhere with him, distracted, I...