I say it's my first day on leave.
Well, we were sitting there...
I didn't tell anybody about
the wedding out of superstition.
So we're sitting in the crew's
quarters, the boat's rocking a bit,
chitchat, word leads to another.
The time ticks past,
and I keep looking at my watch.
An hour passed, then another, and
still another. Only 40 minutes left.
Just enough to return home,
change and go to the registry office.
I say: "I got to go, guys."
They laugh: "Go where?"
I say: "I got to." The say: Come on,
go," and continue to laugh.
Then it was like in that song.
I came out on deck
and my heart stopped beating.
We had been in the open sea for 2
hours already. No shore was in sight.
Oh, my God!
What was next?
Next... for 3 fishing seasons I worked
on the boat, then technical school.
That's how I got into the fishing
business, giving up painting.
Good for you, or we would have now
an artist named Lyapin,
some damned abstractionist!
Though for a man to be single
nowadays is improper.
Why? You've been single for many
years, and you're all right.
A single woman is an improper
thing, too. It's improper.
You'd better go and sleep.
You've got a room and a bed.
Sit and be quiet. I don't want
to hear anything about it anymore.
Your pass!
- Why do you carry everything with you?
- I always carry everything with me.
When I'm on a business trip,
I always dream a terrible dream.
Like I come from the Ministry to my
hotel and find out I've been evicted,
with my room full of foreigners
and my briefcase gone,
with all the documents and reports.
Miss, I need to find
a person's address.
Vladimir Ivanovich Konovalov,
born in 1925.
Pavlik, come home, child!
Hurry up! You got to change!
Come on, quick!
Who are you looking for?
Konovalov, Vladimir Ivanovich.
Do you know where he is?
Was here in the morning. Perhaps
he's shopping. You can wait for him.
Hello, Vovchik.
Oh, my goodness...
Oh, my God!
Marusya...
Oh, my goodness...
Did you come
specially to see me?
No, to visit with my
daughter, Nina.
I dropped by to see
how you were doing.
I'm doing fine, Marusya.
I'm sick all the time.
I'm always... I've been
on a sick leave for two weeks now.
Oh, my God... I've got bronchitis,
it's absolutely chronic,
this thing, you know,
what's the name... lumbago.
What?
Lumbago, something like
radiculitis, but more dangerous.
And how are you?
You're not sickly?
Of course, you got the fresh air all
the time, it can't make you sick.
Are you still living
in Baturino, right?
Oh, my God, of course.
Take a seat, Marusya, I'm sorry.
So you've been at Nina's. Be honest,
is she all right? She isn't sick, is she?
- No, she isn't.
- And I am, Marusya...
I'm sick. Just had an x-ray taken.
I'm sick all through, Marusya!
There... you hear? Wheezing!
- Are you living alone?
- Alone. Who else...
Oh, my God...
Wait, Marusya, I'll take my
cough mixture and be back.
Oh God, where did she come from?
Slava, tie her up.
Marusya, I've put the kettle on.
Have something sweet meantime.
Maybe you want an apple?
Vovchik!
Here.
Well, tell me,
so you still live there?
- Yes, there.
- Right... You work?
- Sure I do.
- Right. Got a husband?
- Yes.
- Who is he?
Someone you don't know.
Chief engineer.
Oh, my God...
- Chief engineer where?
- A fishing factory.
Fishing factory, that's good.
Congratulations, Marusya.
Well, I too have absolutely
made it in life.
An important financial position,
a very good salary.
I bought a carpet, signed up
for a motorcycle, Marusya.
Soon going to the Crimea
for treatments in a sanatorium.
So you live alone, no family?
I've got two sons, Marusya!
Golden boys!
Knock on wood, they're healthy,
never get sick.
In short, their life has turned out
well, we must count our blessings.
One already served in the army, got
married, the other's going to serve.
You live alone here?
There you go again!
Yes, alone!
I got an important job,
I