No, he was not allowed to be bored. But for some reason, that single person, from whose mere presence it would become warmer and brighter, for some reason was not there. And then a thought came and remained, which simply took out on the spot: well, how will she never come again? Quit the company, leave town? No, you can find something, no question, but if for some reason she suddenly doesn’t want to?

What happened there, mother-mother-mother?

What happened between Friday and Monday? And hell knows. She remembered that Charlick had to be fed and his pot cleaned, and that the car had to be filled up, and food...