I never accept any bribes.
So you live on your wages only?
No one ever offered you any bribe.
Your job is not all that lucrative.
If you had been offered and
you didn't accept it, then...
Where are you going? You behave now.
Sergey Sergeyevich,
at last, my dear!
Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
- Greetings to you.
- Hello.
Please, come in.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like
to propose a toast...
Wait!
Congratulations!
I wanted to present to you
this little token myself.
Happy birthday.
Thank you.
That's our golden boy. Always
surprising us. Have a drink.
Show your gratitude.
Let's drink to Larissa,
ladies and gentlemen!
Oh, that was a real surprise!
You promised to sing for us.
I believe the time's right now.
If you say so.
Do us a favor.
Make yourselves comfortable,
ladies and gentlemen.
Caressed by a plaid of plushy yarn,
From yester dreams I extricate a ghost.
What was it? Who has ever won?
And who has lost? And who has lost?
And thinking over all again,
Reliving pain sent from above
In all that I cannot even name,
In all that I cannot even name,
Was there love?
Who was the hunter? Who the prey?
That was a devilish design.
And what the purring cat, all gray,
Could see in it? What sign?
In that uncompromising duel
Who finally had upper hand?
Whose heart-yours? mine?-was fuelled
Whose heart-yours? mine?-was fuelled
To gallop foolishly ahead?
And yet, what was it though?
What is this yearning, this regret?
Was I to win? I don't know.
Was I to win? I don't know.
Or maybe it was my defeat?
Or maybe it was my defeat?
Bravo!
This girl should have every luxury.
A precious stone should have
only the best setting.
And a good jeweler.
Gentlemen, let me introduce
Sergey Sergeyevich Paratov.
Larissa Dmitrievna, may I have
the honor of the first dance?
- Your name, please?
- Ivan Petrovich Semyonovsky.
So do I have a chance?
Everyone says that you're a good
shot.
Can you hit a glass
at a distance of twelve paces?
I'll hit it.
Maybe we could go outside?
- It's cold out there.
- You don't want to risk it?
Ivan Petrovich, this isn't right.
But you said...
Try this way, please.
Gentlemen, this is madness!
Do you have to carry it so far?
We'll buy you a new glass, auntie.
Paratov is always doing
something crazy.
- Are you scared?
- No. I'm not afraid of anything.
Go on, shoot!
Don't be shy.
Please come back inside now.
We're going to serve tea.
Bravo!
Great shot. My congratulations.
Now I'm going to demonstrate
how I do it.
Hold this watch in your hand.
At a distance of twelve paces,
I'll hit it with one bullet!
What's wrong?
I don't know
how well you shoot.
As you wish.
Who's going to take a chance?
I am!
- Larissa Dmitrievna!
- What is it, Sergey Sergeyevich?
- Aren't you afraid?
- I don't fear anything with you.
- I won't permit it!
- Leave me alone, Yuli Kapitonovich!
- Let's not carry this too far.
- Go away, Vassya.
Don't listen to what he says!
It's impossible not to listen
to what he says.
- Why do you trust him so much?
- I trust him in every way.
Please, don't shoot!
You've got no heart!
Don't shoot!
Don't interfere, or I may miss!
Sergey Sergeyevich, shoot!
It was a very good watch,
and very expensive.
You're a naughty boy!
I was so scared.
This is nothing. In the Caucasus
it happens all the time.
Yuli Kapitonovich, I think
we've been invited to tea with jam.
Weren't you afraid of the gun?
I'm not sure.
Sergey Sergeyevich!
Larissa Dmitrievna, I couldn't
find you.
Mother sent me for the jam.
- And what are you doing?
- I'm tasting it. Want to try?
I'd love to.
You've got jam all over.
Sergey Sergeyevich,
where are you?
And Larissa Dmitrievna
has disappeared.
It's delicious.
If you want to shoot,
you'd better load the gun first.
It looks like it's not loaded.
I hurt my hand!
Damn you all!
Where are you going?
Oh, mother, please don't stop me.
Who is out there?
It's Paratov,