After lunch Veronica was called by Zhanna, the chief accountant, and invited her to come and look at some, as she said, interesting things. Veronica promised to come, but first called the authorities. The authorities were sympathetic and reminded that they were waiting for the evening.

Zhanna laid out papers on the table in front of Veronica and offered to read them. These were repair bills, and it turned out that they were repairing the same car, after flights by the same driver and, roughly speaking, in the same place. And the repair is not a trifle, but a serious one, and the bill was dragged today for the third...