night! You understand?
Well, as a matter of fact, yes.
Come in.
I think I'd better go home.
It's awkward.
You know what's awkward?
Take off your coat and come in.
Come on in.
Food!
Slava, yesterday I walked
through a garden...
This is not ours, sit here.
Slava, yesterday I walked
through a garden
and saw a she-sparrow dragging
a he-sparrow by his wing.
I guess he was unfaithful to her.
What do you think?
I think, Yekaterina, I'm not sure
if you're stupid or smart.
I'm neither stupid nor smart.
I'm funny.
They invite me to parties
to make everybody feel good.
Have you made many
people feel good?
I got a lot of acquaintances.
I'm used to having friends.
After school I was friends
with one guy for two years.
Once I even met
a general's son, Slava.
He told me right away:
"I'm a general's son."
What?
Go to the Officers' House for dancing.
There're ugly ones there,
especially for you.
I don't understand why you went
to the movies with me then?
Why? It can't hurt me
going to the movies.
- How much was the ticket?
- 4.50.
- Keep 50 kopecks as a tip.
- You're something...
It's midnight.
You're to be up at 8 tomorrow.
And you, Miss...
Coming to a young mars
home at night...
You're so young,
and already behave like this.
Do you want to distract Slava
from his studies?
It's not because of me
that he gets bad marks.
- What bad marks?
- Ask his Lidochka about it.
What's the matter, Slava?
How do I know what's the matter?
Our whole apartment dislikes her,
that fountain pen of yours.
She takes notes of all the lectures
word for word, like a parrot.
Slava quarreled with her,
and she won't give him the lectures.
But whenever she needs anything,
he's ready to oblige her.
It's not only me, the whole
apartment hates her.
She keeps leafing through her notes,
never opens up, you may ring all night.
That's what I call her -
"fountain pen".
It means she's a serious,
conscientious girl.
And it would do you good
to follow her example.
- Me?!
- Yes, you, my dear.
Why?
I'm very popular as it is.
Oh, that's how you're speaking!
You're a girl, your honor should
be the most precious thing for you.
At your age,
I was already raising Slavik!
And you? How could you?
Coming here in the middle of the night!
We got cold, we wanted to get warm.
Bringing someone to my place!
To whom else was he
supposed to bring me?
Go away. I want to sleep.
- Good night.
- Good night... Miss.
- I'll see you off.
- I can go myself. You seer-off!
What's up?
I want to know who that girl is.
She's a telephone operator
at the long-distance-call station.
Oh, my God! You have no principles!
Why are you like that?
And you got too many principles.
You never married because of them.
Yes, because of my principles.
And you?
You hold nothing sacred.
You're rude,
and you think it's a great feat.
"Just look at me!
I'm not afraid of anything!"
I want you to read.
Right now, in front of me.
I'm fed up with theory!
These are Marx's letters.
And who's that?
- Ilyin.
- Which Ilyin?
Aleksandr Petrovich.
I'm staying with you for a while.
I see.
Why did you hide from me
that you got a bad mark?
Yet you told a girl you hardly
know about it!
I'm not going to discuss my affairs
in front of strangers.
He's not a stranger.
He knew you when you were
2 years old. Let him hear it.
And I've given him all my youth!
Don't say anything!
Here's the folding bed for you!
You go to bed, too.
I'm sick and tired of both of you!
And turn off the light! Let me have
at least a little sleep tonight!
One brings a girl here, you know!
The other's reading a magazine
at 1 a.m.!
How's our technological institute
doing? Is Fomichyov still alive?
As savage as ever.
Are you a victim of science, too?
Exactly, a victim.
I was thrown out in the third year.
It happens.
You don't seem to get on
with your aunt very well.
Newtors 3rd Law: for every action,
there's an equal & opposite