know him? - No... Is he Ukrainian? Does it matter? - What is he doing? - He is a writer. Doesn't his name happen to be Dostoyevsky? Yes, Dostoyevsky. He hasn't written anything worthwhile. Nobody knows him. He must be about 40, isn't he? Apparently he's got no talent? You've changed so much. So, he has no talent, he doesn't write anything. He does write, but they don't publish him. Look, our precious flunk has put something on fire. No need to be so ironic about his flunking. If he doesn't finish school, he'll end up being drafted. And you will go begging to have him exempted from the army. This is all the result ofyour indulging him. By the way, the army would be good for him. Why don't you call your mother? After Aunt Lisa's death she stayed in bed for three days. Wasn't she supposed to come here at five? Is it so difficult to make the first move? We were talking about lgnat. It may be my fault, too. Or is it because we got so bourgeois? And our embourgeoisement is so dense, so Asian. With private ownership nonexistent, our well-being is on the rise. Nothing makes any sense anymore. Why do you get so irritated? I know a family whose 15-year-old son said: "I'm leaving you. It disgusts me to see how you weasel around trying to please everybody." Good boy. Not like our booby. Unfortunately, our boy would never say such a thing. I can imagine that family ofyours! They're no worse than we are. He works for a newspaper. And thinks he's a writer, too. Though he's unable to understand that a book is not a way of making money but a statement. A poet is called upon to provoke a spiritual jolt and not to cultivate idolaters. What am I going to do? You're going to get married. Do you happen to remember who was it who saw a bush on fire? I mean the angel as a bush? I don't remember. In any case, it was not lgnat. Maybe we should send him to a cadet school? An angel as a flame coming from a bush appeared to Prophet Moses. He led his people out across the sea. Why has nothing like that ever appeared to me? With an amazing regularity I keep seeing one and the same dream. It seems to make me return to the place, poignantly dear to my heart, where my grandfather's house used to be, in which I was born 40 years ago right on the dinner table. Each time I try to enter it, something prevents me from doing that. I see this dream again and again. And when I see those walls made of logs and the dark entrance, even in my dream I become aware that I'm only dreaming it. And the overwhelming joy is clouded by anticipation of awakening. At times something happens and I stop dreaming ofthe house and the pine trees of my childhood around it. Then I get depressed. And I can't wait to see this dream in which I'll be a child again and feel happy again because everything will be still ahead, everything will be possible... Mommy! - Mom, they opened up! - What's the matter with you? Hello. Hello. - Are you Nadezhda Petrovna? - I don't think l... I'm Matvey lvanov's stepdaughter. He was a friend ofyour husband. What Matvey? The doctor. He used to live here. Then he moved to Yurievets and became a legal expert. Are you from town? We're from Moscow, but we have a room in Yurievets. We were evacuated last fall. The air raids on Moscow began and I have two kids. My mother has some old connections here... My husband is not here, he's in town. Stop scratching yourself! Actually I came to see you. It's a ladies' little secret. Come on in. Don't stand there... Wipe your feet. Masha's just washed the floor. Sit here for a while. We won't be long. Why are you sitting in the dark? Did it go out? You should've called us. - What's your name? - Alyosha. I've got a son, too. Not so big as you, of course. It's not easy having kids now, with the war going. I wish I had a girl too. Want to have a look? He's asleep. We'll be quiet. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Трон на английском - текст Тайна железной двери на английском - текст Когда опускается ночь на английском - текст Красная палатка на английском - текст Звездный Крейсер Галактика - Сезон 2 на английском |