This way, turn it on more. Still more! On full. Go on, go on. - ls it working? - lt will. The water isn't running. The pipe is cold. We'll be here hours. What shall we do? Why don't you take off your watch? Wash your armpits thoroughly, and your balls, your cocks... behind the ears, your heads... Wash your balls thoroughly. Prokofiev! l don't like water! Shut the door, stop it! Hurry up the rest of you. May l keep my letters? Yes, you can take them to bed with you, you can sleep on them. They've brought a whole library. Step on it, honey. lt's time to go to bed, and have sweet dreams: of naked women, a beer and a bite to eat. - l'll keep this, take it later. - OK. Have you got everything? The three from the Urals, raise your hands. - Speciality? - Radar operator. - Radar operator. - Motor-mechanic. Follow me. The others stay here. There's a place for radio-telegraphers. Are you the last one? - ls this your hat? - Yes. All right? The young seamen who came on ship an hour ago, did not expect any major events. They weren't prepared for any. Later they came to understand there wouldn't be any. lt would all go on the same way as it started, taking care of their bodies and clothes. Still later, they would see that their commanders don't expect anything either. Out loud, they curse the monotony and dream of battle. But in their hearts, they are ordinary homely people. Wake up, it's time to make tea. Come on, wake up. Wake up. He felt pain, shame, and bitterness. He saw that nothing else was ever going to happen in his life. He was going to remain the same. He wouldn't have time to change, because the life around him wouldn't change for a very long time. People don't change. They don't change because they cannot, or don't want to. Then he felt ashamed for his doubts and his depression. He started to blame himself. He looked at the young seamen, who had been out in the frosty wind for 2 days, trying to thaw out an Arctic settlement. He realised with disgust that he was grateful to them for their patience and their submission. And the Commander at last understood that it was this sentimental feeling that prevented him and many others like him, from one day taking the most important decision. Where are the rags? - Over there. - By the 30th? Where's the can? lt's over there, 20-30 metres away. - lt's here. - lt's here, where are you going? What are you doing? lt's like stone. lt's frozen, it's as hard as stone. They should find a welder. - That's enough, away from there! - l should go away? They have to cut it off. No one to weld. They have to find a welder. Come here, the pipe is warm. lt will take 2 more hours. One never knows what might explode. lt's barely possible. Rags - where? - There are some over there. - By the 30th? Where's the can? Over there, 20 metres away. Where the hell are you going? The can is here! The can is here! This is for the hot and the cold water. There's only cold. No, he thought, l cannot keep silent. l must constantly, ceaselessly, openly, honestly, sincerely, and quite frankly converse with myself, he thought. lt is not acceptable to become silent towards myself. l have to converse with my soul. lts questions cannot be ignored. Being an officer, l must be a reasonable person. To keep my wits lively l have to think, to think, to think all the time... And to read thick books written by people of old. Once upon a time they also looked on this terrifying beauty, day after day, without knowing what the future would hold, those slaves of the 1930s. lt was they who built the dam and the old quays. l am looking at it too, thought the Commander. The Commander is turning over the pages of his diary. Suddenly he takes a decision: in this diary, he will not write another single line. Early in the morning he comes out on deck. lt is cold and damp. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Просто кровь на английском - текст Один дома на английском - текст Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон: Знакомство на английском - текст Возвращение на английском - текст Назад в будущее 2 на английском |