Sometimes you have to pay dearly to get off cheaply. Voisky and I have sacrificed our reputation. Whose suffered more, there was no time to find out, but we quickly undressed. I wanted to limit myself to pants and a shirt, but Voisky became stubborn and said that this would be implausible. Yes, we decided to portray two idiots in love who were impatient to break into the capital for a romantic date.

In less than five minutes, a fist was persistently banged on the door. I wrapped myself more tightly in the bedspread, padded loudly with my bare feet to the door and muttered sleepily:

Sorry, we didn't order...