yesterday's day.'' He grew pale: ''Away with you! Don't even mention it!'' We said goodbyes and he went off. Continuing on my way, l turned round and saw that he had turned back towards the cross. - He saw me and hid. - Who was it? l cannot tell you yet. Wait a little. Mr. Bielarecki, l beg you, don't do anything without me. You should have expressed your views and not given us puzzles to answer. Everything is cleared up easily and logically only in bad novels. We're not detectives from the provincial police. Wait. And thank Lord for that! Wait, Sviecilovic! Andrej! There's no one here. He said, at the old cross. Did you record it? Andrej Sviecilovic. former student of the Kiev University. Ex-student. - We can go. - Drive on! lt's you? What's the matter? What are you doing here? What's happening, Miss Janowska? l... l was hiding. Each night l hid in a different room. l was afraid of everyone, even you. l very well understand you and your noble intentions. But tell me, what would you do in my place? Why do you rule out the possibility of killing because of the beautiful sex? He was in love with the mistress of Marsh Firs, wasn't he? Or perhaps this was a suicide. The deceased was a melancholic fellow, psychically nervous, a follower of Bacchus, and so on But l've heard it myself. l respect you as a member of the Geographic Society, but this time allow me... Excuse me, but may l give you an unofficial advice? Do not tempt fate. lt seems that your acquaintance with the deceased is somewhat suspicious. He was, to say the least, you see... well. l do not wish to exaggerate things, but... it's also highly suspicious of you striving so stubbornly to shift the attention of the investigation from the deceased onto some mythical werewolves. But l implore you... not to get angry with me. Your persistent efforts to hush up the affair seems very strange and make people come to most risky assumptions. l might regard these words as insulting the authorities. God forbid! But this gives me the right to appeal to the higher authorities. Now you believe in the Savage Hunt of King Stach? lf you could know how much blood, murder, orphans' tears are hidden within these walls! Don't you think that we are all to answer for this? Answer with fear, suffering and death. We haven't the right to exist, even the most honest of us, the very best of us. The blood in our veins is not blue, it's dirty blood. That's all. ln the morning you shall leave Marsh Firs forever. The violins have played their song, the fineries have been put away. Death has its own laws. There is nothing you can do here! You're a stranger here! Go back to people who are alive, who go hungry and can laugh. And leave the graves to the dead! Leave me! Go away! l beg you! Please, leave! Nadzieja Romanovna, if you drive me out, l shall find another shelter. Before, my only wish was to leave this place, but now l... l cannot do it! l cannot leave these god-forsaken swamps where abominable things occur, where the children tremble with fright and cry at night when they hear the hoofs of the Savage Hunt. Yes, l shall die if they're ghosts, but... - lf they're people... - lt's too late! Too late! Everything comes too late in the world! You came too late, too! And if you are killed, l will never forgive myself! lt's my life, it's all l own, and l have the right to dispose of it to my liking. Farewell! Farewell! As a gentleman, l appreciate the noble efforts you're taking. But at the moment, unfortunately, l can't really be of any help to you. ln fact, l hate to disappoint you, but l'm afraid an investigation in this primitive region would not give us anything. No, no, no. l'm not against the new trends, l read all the new literature, l studied in St. Petersburg and as a youth l even dreamed of the stage, which had horrified my parents. But, ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Величайшее ограбление поезда на английском - текст Токийский хор на английском - текст Звёздный путь 6: Неоткрытая страна на английском - текст ...И правосудие для всех на английском - текст Бригада на английском |