- Thank you! Olya thanked her sincerely.

“Well,” he chuckled, “you sped up the whole process. It is strange that it was after your triumphant return to Chudov that inexplicable things and terrible finds began to happen here.

It seemed to Olya that skeptical notes appeared in the voice of the investigator. His eyes, as pale as his hair, and his inconspicuous, rumpled appearance, baffled Olya. There was something in his gaze that made the girl look at him, although she diligently tried to hide, habitually withdraw into herself.

Well, how to say or explain to a person: yes, you are doing everything so that I believe you. And you...