"MOSFILM" " GoIyabkin!" " Here!" " BIokhin!" " Here!" " Ivanov!" " Here!" " Fomichyov!" " Here!" " Goryshkin!" " Here!" " Borovsky!" " Here!" " Kukunin!" " Here!" " AIimov!" " Here!" " Ryabinin!" " Here!" "The roll call of Section 2 done." "No one absent without leave." "The roll call of Section 3 done." "No one absent without leave." "The roll call of Section 4 done." "No one absent without leave." " Take them to the barracks." " Yes, sir!" "Section!" "Left turn!" "Quick march!" "Ryabinin, stay behind." "Come here." "You're lucky, your wife's here." " Why?" " She wants a visit with you." "I didn't ask her to." "I don't want this visit." "She took a train, then a plane, then a 24-hour bumpy truck ride." "I don't care, I'm not going." "You will go without convoy." "I trust you." "Where to?" "She's taken a room in the village." "Here, the address." "You drop by Ivan Gerasimovich and pick up the accordion he fixed." "You're a musician, this is your department." "Check if he fixed it right." " Yes, sir." " That's better." "You can't refuse to go to pick up the accordion." "But mind you, Ryabinin, at 8 sharp you are to stand in line." "Your leave is until the morning roll call." "Tardiness will mean an escape." "How far is the village?" "Not far, about nine or ten kilometers." "And don't think of bringing in booze, a knife or money." "I'II find it anyway." "I know." "Your pass is good until 8 a.m. Be here on the dot." "If you're late, it'II mean an escape." "You'II do an additional time." "Go!" "LUDMILA GURCHENKO" "OLEG BASSILASHVILI" "in an ELDAR RYAZANOV film" "A RAILWAY STATION FOR TWO" "Written by emil BRAGINSKY EIdar RYAZANOV" "Director of Photography Vadim ALISSOV" "Production Designer alexander BORISOV" "Music by Andrei PETROV" "Song Lyrics by eldar RYAZANOV" "english subtitles by T. Kameneva" "Cast:" "Andrei" " Nikita MIKHALKOV" "uncle Misha" " Nonna MORDYUKOVA" "NikoIasha" " MikhaiI KONONOV" "YuIia" " Anastasia VOZNESENSKAYA Marina" " Tatiana DOGILEVA" "VioIetta" " OIga VOLKOVA Shurik" " alexander SHIRVINDT" "Lyuda" " Raissa ETUSH melon vendor" " Temur YUNGUSOV" "Attention, passengers!" "Our train arrives in the city of Zastupinsk." "The stop duration is twenty minutes." "Yura, reserve a seat for me." "What will they give us to eat?" "Pass me the salt, please." "Good afternoon, comrades!" "Bon appetite!" " Miss!" " Just a minute." "Can you come to me?" " We have no mineral water." " What about green salad?" "It's not included in the lunch of the day." "please, bring me some diet food." "May I have a fork?" "please, some diet food." "Your train will leave before they prepare your diet food." "If you got an ulcer, you'd better eat at home, not at a restaurant." "Just the sight of this food may provoke ulcer." "Prepare 1 ruble 20 kopecks for the lunch." "Exact change if possible." " Can I have a beer?" " We don't have beer." "I can't eat this." "Miss, here's 1 ruble 20 kopecks." "Take the money, please." "What about the money?" "For this lunch you should pay to us." "The money's on the table." "Who took the money?" "In your line of work you should first take the money." "AII right." "Who took the money?" "Comrades!" "girls!" "Thanks." "One has already left." "One left without paying, girls." "please, pay for your lunch." "Just imagine, thatjerk with a fat mug..." "Where're you going?" "I didn't eat anything." "My lunch is over there, I didn't touch it." "How can I know whether you ate it or not." "One rubIe 20 kopecks, please." "I never touched it." "I wouldn't eat it!" "Someone already ate it." "Come on, stop your tricks." "Pay me 1 ruble 20 kopecks." "I didn't eat and I'm not going to pay." "I'II late for the train." "Let me go." "We don't earn enough to pay for all of you!" "Come on, you restaurant waitresses can pay for everybody." "I'm late for my train!" " call the police!" "Jerk!" " Fine, go call the police." "You may the whole police department." "I didn't eat and I'm not going to pay!" " You will!" " You'II see." " Some dude!" " call the police!" "City slicker!" "NikoIasha!" "This one won't pay." "I'm not going to pay, I didn't eat." "This is a matter of principle." "This man asked for diet food." "I said we don't have time." "Then he ate the lunch of the day..." "We'II investigate, comrades." "What do you mean, investigate?" "Are you going to examine my stomach?" " He ate it and won't pay!" " I didn't eat." "Aren't you ashamed?" "We'II draw up a report of what you ate for 1 ruble 20 kopecks..." "I didn't eat, and she says I did." "It's a matter of principle, you know." "I didn't eat." "while you make up your report, my train will leave." "Don't worry, I do it very quickly." " Which train is yours?" " To Dushanbe." "His train has already left." "It serves him right for being miserly." "Wait!" "He missed it!" "His train went choo-choo!" "Stop the train!" "Now we got him!" "I'II have my rubIe and twenty kopecks." "NikoIasha, follow me!" "By how you sweep people judge about our city." "I'm a deputy stationmaster." "You see, she insists I pay for the lunch I didn't eat." "It's a matter of principle, you see?" "You can't eat at that restaurant." "I don't go to restaurants, my wife is a great cook." "Restaurants are not under my jurisdiction." "Because of her I missed my train." "I need to go to Griboyedov." "My dear passenger, one should be more careful while traveling." "The railway means punctuality, comfort and cleanliness." "The next train that goes through Griboyedov is the Frunze one." "It will be here at 20:46." "But my ticket is in the train." "will you pay 1 ruble 20 kopecks or shall we draw up a report?" "He looks like a decent man, and won't pay for his lunch." "I see." "NikoIasha, deal with it." "Vera, how about ""Borzhomi"?" "Everything's all right, I got five bottles for you." "As for your ticket, come to me 15 minutes before the train's departure." "We'II think of something, we'II take care of you." "And if he doesn't pay, we're going to take care of him!" "You'd better pay, filing a report will cost you much more." "Here's three rubles for what I haven't eaten." "Keep the change." " No, I don't need your change." " That'II be your tip." "What if I never take tips?" "I didn't know that." "Perhaps you never short-change either?" "Perhaps." "Lieutenant, you'II be my witness that I gave him his lousy change." "There." "We're quits." "Hi, Petya!" "Bitch!" "will you be so kind to tell me, if it's not too much trouble to you, which tables you're not serving, so that I know where to sit." "Thank you very much." "Lyuda, take care of that comrade." "But first make him pay." "Take care of the comrade herself, Shurik is here to see me." "Hi, Shurik!" "Shurik, will you sing for us tonight?" "I've prepared a new song." "Terrific!" "I'II look forward to it." "Come to your senses!" " What?" "Why?" " Doing it in broad daylight..." "You're a shrew." "I'II never in my Iife eat anything from your hands." "Shurik, did I do anything to him?" "If I were you, I'd kill him with a tray." "Attention, students of Zastupinsk pedagogical Institute, you can get your food vouchers in hall No.2." "Parents who lost their child in red socks, come to the officer on duty." "Those who lost a child in red socks, come to the officer on duty now!" "Give me the menu." "Now!" "Oh, where are your principles?" "What about never eating from my hands?" "The refreshment bar is closed." "And you're hungry, aren't you?" "I'm starving." "I didn't eat your ghastly borsht." "I hope you realize that now?" "If you didn't eat it, how can you know that it's ghastly?" "I got so tired of you." "Bring me some diet food." "AII right, since it's also my fault that you got stuck here," "I'II serve you as a dear guest of our city." "You know, we've been instructed to take special care of new arrivals, unlike those just passing through, because our restaurant is the calling card of our city." "From diet food we have only chicken." "Great." "please, Iet me pay in advance." " By all means." " Because you can't trust me." " And mineral water, please." " AII right, mineral water." "I couldn't feel worse." "I doubt that our chicken will lift your spirits." "Two rubIes 78 kopecks." "Here." "Excuse me." "Passenger who lost his ticket from Zastupinsk to Lvov, please come to the information office." "Sima, the cutlets are burning!" "Shurik!" " Some music for our guest, Shurik." " Got it." "Here it comes!" "Bon appetite!" "I'm stuck here thanks to you." "I wish your restaurant had burned, and your station and your chicken, too!" "Damn it!" " Is it stringy?" " Yes." "This chicken worked as a waitress in your restaurant when it was alive." " I see." "It is as ghastly." " You're absolutely right." "You have a band playing at night?" "Sure." "And it's very loud." "Did all your things go choo-choo to Griboyedov without you?" "No, all my things are with me." "I planned to stay there only two days." "Now I've lost one thanks to you." "You can't even imagine how important is that day to me." "What's your name, Miss?" "Just Miss." "Just Miss." "An inaccessible miss, especially for transit passengers." "I'm not going to storm that inaccessible fortress." "Don't try to kid me." "You're all alike." "What we were like when we just started," "We're not the same, we've lost our drive..." "Vera, I almost forgot." "Run to the drugstore, they got YugosIavian shampoo." "The blue one." "It makes hair grow like crazy." "I took ten bottles." "What a fool." "If the investigator calls, don't tell him where I am." "Invent something, but make him believe you." "I'II be back in Moscow Monday morning." "What do I care about when they deliver the fencing?" "Stop eavesdropping." "I wasn't speaking to you." "There's one here, so disgusting." "How do you feel?" "I won't be living in that dacha." "Now I'II live behind another fence." "call my father in Griboyedov, tell him I'II be there tomorrow morning." "Don't worry about me." "Sure, I'm great." "Kiss you." "What do you need so much shampoo for?" "For Iacing your customers' soup?" "Good heavens... real barbarians!" "For you I'd do it with pleasure." "Attention, delegates who have come to the zoological conference." "The conference has been canceled." "You can get return tickets at Ticket Office Number 2." "gentleman in a checkered jacket, remove your dog from track three!" "I repeat, gentleman in a checkered jacket!" "Remove your dog from track three!" " Did you see my tray?" " It's in the kitchen, in the corner." "AII right." "Put the knives on the table." " Everything's cold again." " They'II eat it, they're in a hurry." "AII right, we're coming!" "Vera!" "My dear!" "Get ready!" "I'm here!" "Come on, move on!" "Vera!" "Vera, my dear!" "Vera!" "Andrei!" "climb over and come here!" " Why are you on the Tashkent train?" " It's summer, we're short of hands." " I missed you so much!" " Me too!" " shall we go?" " I can't, too many customers." " Is Lyuda on duty today?" " Yes." "Lyuda, my sweetie!" "Bon appetite, comrades!" "Hi!" "Lyuda, can you..." "Got it." "I'II collect from everyone." "Thanks!" "Vera, they may shorten our stop." "I just have to put it somewhere..." " What's that?" " melons." "Tchaidzhui melons." "They're too heavy to drag them along." "We have to hide them here." "You know how much money they mean?" "You know?" "You'II be amazed!" "Buses are on the square in front of the main entrance." "Dear artistes of Yerevan Drama Theatre!" "welcome to our city!" "The citizens of Zastupinsk look forward to your performances." "Buses are on the square in front of the main entrance." "Comrade." " hello." " hello." " Are you going to sit here long?" " till the evening." "Can you watch over my suitcases?" "Why not?" "You got a passport?" "Yes." " You have it with you?" " Yes." "Can I see it please?" "Sure." "Look, watch over the suitcases." "There're Tchaidzhui melons in there." "You know how much they cost?" "You'II be amazed!" "If you watch them well, I'II give you one." "Hey, what's your name..." "Give back my passport!" "You have no right!" "Watch them, man." "You'II get back your passport in ten minutes." "You got it?" "There's a pine tree on Shishkin's painting..." "What's the matter?" "Nothing works." "AIIrightie." "Hush, hush..." "Let's black it out." "Wait." "Those cars are so old." "I'm going to write to the minister." "Come on, Vera." "I missed you so much!" "Come on, Vera, do it yourself." "It's not a restaurant." "SeIf-service here." "We had a horrible night." "Genka took on two men without tickets in Penza." "He thought they were sober, but they made such a racket!" "One lay across the car, and here comes an inspection." "Genka got a toothache." "I say to him, ""Take a shot of vodka." And he says:" """A shot of vodka isn't a stop handle:" "once you take it, you never stop." "Why aren't you undressing?" "I don't feel like it." "people don't do it like that, all in a hurry." "We can't help it, Vera." "AII our life is in a hurry." "Come on." "What I'm dreaming of is for you to come for a whole week." "We two could go out, go to the movies, Iike normal people." "Is it really my fault, Vera?" "My whole life is on wheels." "I know, honey." "I'm on wheels, you're with a tray." "What can we do?" "Take off your clothes." "I can't." "I don't know what's the matter with me." "I just can't." "Maybe you don't love me?" "I do." "Vera, don't be a teaser." "Come on, take off your clothes, please, they'II shorten the stop." "I can't do it in a compartment!" "I don't feel like it." "Come on, stop it!" "I'm not a boy, am I?" "I'm not a young girl either." "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" "Why are you being so cruel?" "I've been suffering since Tashkent." "Come on, Vera, stop it." "I can't and that's it!" "I want it to be nice!" "They did shorten it!" "We couldn't have done it anyway." "Oh, shit..." "Stops are shortened." "No personal life for a man." " well, I must go." " Wait, wait." "Let me give you a kiss." "Good." "See you the day after tomorrow?" "AII right." "I'm going to write to the minister!" "I'II be here the day after tomorrow at 12:10, if the train is not late." "Get ready, Vera!" "The Tchaidzhui melons are three rubles a kilo, don't forget!" "What's the matter?" "We just sat down." "He put salt in his borsht and never touched it." "Your melons are safe and sound." "I took this one for guarding them, as we have agreed." "What are you going to do with such a horde of melons?" "Convert them into money." "For three rubles?" "A kilo." "Give me my passport, please." "Oh, your passport went choo-choo to Moscow." "It's not the time forjoking." "It's not a joke." "Why did you give it to him in the first place?" "A man in a uniform demanded my passport." "So I gave it to him." "You see, when we were in a compartment, we had an argument." "After that we had no time to think about your passport." "You have ruined my whole life!" "You, skinny alley cat!" "Why are you insulting me?" "And what if your snub-nosed bully will hand it over to the police?" "You're snub-nosed yourself!" "Andrei is a good man." "He's a profiteer." "Profiteers can be good men, too." "Petya, take it to the luggage locker." "What am I going to do without a passport?" " calm down." " After all this..." "Listen to me carefully." "The day after tomorrow, at 12:10, yes, exactly at 12:10, Andrei will deliver your passport." "And you'II leave by the train you have missed." "Once again, I'm sorry." "I have to see my father." "Maybe it will be for the Iast time." "Passenger who lost his ticket, come to the information office." "Come on, don't panic." "You can go there today, and on your way back I'II bring your passport right to your car." "I'II have to go back by plane, otherwise I'II be late." "No one will fire you if you're one day late." "You've finished me off." "What am I to do?" "I can't wait and I can't go." "What ever have you done?" "Robbed the State Bank of the USSR!" "Oh God, how clever!" "Good afternoon." "If you could name a lucky station for me," "I think I would buy a ticket and go there for the rest of my Iife." "You drunkards give us no peace." "Do you want me to give you a glass too?" "I'm sick and tired of you!" "Thanks for not hitting me." "Raya!" "Masha, it's me." "What's new?" "Did he work, or was he retired?" "Did they get the results of forensic examination?" "I'm still having that nightmare before my eyes." "I'm even glad that it's only me." "I don't want you to worry." "They delivered the fencing?" "Then everything is all right." "When are you on the air?" "Tomorrow?" "Did you call my father?" "call him and tell him I'II be there the day after tomorrow in the evening." "Why, why..." "Itjust so happened." "It's a Iong story." "AII right." "That's my last coin." "will you stop spying on me?" "I'm not spying, just the other way round." "I let you down, and I must help you somehow, but I... got confused." "Have you done something awful?" "A man died because of me." "It was an accident, but I'm to blame." "tell me, how did it happen?" "will you please forgive me?" "I don't even know why I was pestering you with that rubIe." "You can go wild from this work." "They yell at you, you yell back." "They underpay, you short-change." "Forget it, you didn't mean it, you did it in the heat of the moment." "I understand." "I hold nothing against you." "You mean it?" "Why should I lie to you?" "Goodbye." "Sorry again." " The restaurant is full." " I want to see Vera, the waitress." "Vera?" "Our Vera?" "Come in." "We no Ionger live, just ramble" "MonotonousIy, Iike in paradise." "Don't ever be afraid to gamble" "And stake your whole life on dice." "How good we were when we just started!" "We're not the same, we've lost our drive." "It's never late to go and chance it." "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," "Don't be afraid to change your life!" "What if your hair's touched with white," "It's never late to choose new roads." "To stake it all have no fright," "Cast off yourself your past life loads." "Going out in a rainy weather," "Stir up your spirits and your shoulders unbend." "Don't be afraid of a new endeavor," "And over life, and over life Just try to get an upper hand!" "believe in chimeras, mystification." "Of your belongings you'II need none." "only death's your final destination." "Just try to have your life redone!" "Don't ever hide, have no pity" "If no trump card there's to throw in." "Your own guilt contribute in the kitty." "Who never loses, he will never win!" "Who never loses, he will never win!" "Waiter!" "Bring more vodka!" "I'm not a waiter, I'm a girl." "I'm telling you as a girl, I haven't had enough." "And I'm asking you nicely, pay up and go home." "I don't know anybody but you in this city." "What am I to do?" "I visited the monastery, I sat at the movies." "It's raining outside." "They won't let me into the hotel without a passport." "I understand." "I'II think later where I can put you up..." "Let's wish the newlyweds a Iong and happy life." "Kiss the bride!" "Thank you." "I remember everything." "please, I'm begging you, pay for your dinner and go home." " Waiter..." " Or I'm going to cry." "Don't cry, pal." "How much do I owe you?" "You dropped your pencil." "Twenty one." "Take whatever you need." "I trust you." "I've served them the main dish." "shall I order coffee?" "Hey, boy, not so loud!" " shall I order coffee?" " Six teas, fifteen coffees." "Stop singing, I said." "Hurry up." "How much did you take?" "Have an extra five." "It's too much." "You got a family?" "I got everything:" "a wife, two kids and a dog." "Then I'II take one ruble." "One rubIe isn't enough." "You've got an unhealthy job." "Take three." "AII right, I'II take two." "Easy, easy." "Thanks." "Here, hide it or you'II lose it." "Get up, your family must be worrying." "You can finish your song at home." "Sure, Iike hell they worry!" "Come on, boy." "will you find your way?" "Don't insult me, waiter." "Go on, boy." " Switching on cruise control." " Yes, switch it on." "No, no jeIIied meat." "It will melt." "I won't get it home intact." "I will." "Stop grumbling." "Vera, ciao!" "Goodbye, Shurik." "Thank you for the song, dear." "The song is as good as the cuisine." "That's it." "Let's go." "I'II have you accommodated with all conveniences." "I feel so tired." "Excuse me, but why did you leave Moscow?" "Are you hiding?" "My old father, I wanted to see him before the trial." "Oh, how I'm cursing myself!" "I wanted to explain it to him." "I had no right to leave Moscow." "What if the investigator calls me up?" " Just lie you've lost your passport." " I'm not accustomed to it." "I signed a recognizance not to leave Moscow and lost my passport here." "What kind of occupation you got that you can do without lying?" "I'm a pianist." "In an orchestra." "I'm always on the move." "Tours, concerts, hotels." "I'II put you up first class and then I'II go home." "I'm afraid our ideas of first class accommodation are not the same." "I hope you won't object to the ""Intourist" VIP lounge?" "I haven't seen you for ages." "My life is so hectic, I'm getting married." "So, a Iot of complications." "The wedding's on Thursday." "will you come?" "If you're inviting me." "You made up your mind about the bridegroom?" " Not yet." " How come?" "Hi." "As of today, I have two bridegrooms." "Yes, two bridegrooms." "Yeah." "Petka and Mitka." "Petka is such a..." "well, you know." "He's a great guy." "He makes a Iot of money, but he hits the bottle." "Mitka doesn't drink that much." "He's a good guy, too." "But he doesn't make that much money either." "They live in different districts, so I applied to different registries." "Can you imagine, Vera?" "Two weddings, and both on Thursday." "It can happen only in our country!" "CouIdn't you find a non-drinking man?" "What are you talking about?" "Where can you find them in our days?" "Marina, we need to put up this man for the night." "I did him a very bad service." "please, do it for me." "I've never asked you for anything before." "Are you crazy?" "only foreigners are allowed here." "But you got no one here right now." "And what if some Dutchman or Japanese suddenly arrive?" "No!" "He's a pianist, a music competition prizewinner." "We get those prizewinners a dime a dozen in here." "But I'm an international prizewinner, almost like a Japanese." "Do you want me to be fired?" "If they know I let in here one of ours, it'II be a scandal!" "And what I did to get thatjob, I don't even want to remember it." "No!" "well, there's nothing we can do." "Goodbye." "I'II see you to your bus." "AII right." "And where will you go?" "I'II stay here." "actually, if we get to think of it, all our life is one big waiting-room." "Don't be so depressed, you're going to be acquitted." "Can't I go to your place?" "You could put me up in the hall." "Bringing home a man?" "Are you crazy?" "Are you married?" "No, I turned my husband out three years ago." "I have a son, we live with my ex's parents." "A fabulous carburetor for a volga." "Costs 70 at a store, you get it for 5." " Lay off, boy." " Got it." "Sorry for you." "Living with someone else's parents, especially you ex's." "Don't be, they're very close to me." "They're exceptional people." "You know, they've taken my side." "Can you imagine?" "Wait!" "Shit!" "That's what you get when you're being kind to people." "It was the Iast bus." " Let me take you home in a taxi." " I can go in a taxi myself." "But they refuse to go to our place." "We live on the very outskirts." "My father-in-Iaw is a trackman." "will they worry?" "Of course they will." "well, I'II have to spend the night at the station, it can't be helped." "Where are you going now?" "First I'II get in touch with my folks on intercom, then I'II see." "Perhaps they'II let you in the restaurant?" "No, they seal the restaurant up, there're provisions in there." "Oh, I forgot the most important thing." "I forgot to pay you my debt." "What for?" "For the lunch, one ruble 20 kopecks." "I think you really didn't eat that borsht." " I really didn't eat it." " So I'm returning it." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Dear passengers, an old woman with no documents has been found." "relatives or whoever accompanies her, please come to the police office." "Dear passengers, an old woman with no documents has been found." "relatives or whoever accompanies her, please come to the police office." " Damn!" " Sorry." "What?" "You can sit here." " There's enough room for both." " Thank you." "I think the owners won't mind." "There we go!" "You can get bruised on this bench." "This way, just a little bit." "I'm sorry." "Just like this." "I'II move you a bit." "Sorry." "Fine." "Thanks." "Just a little bit." "Good." "Thanks." "No, I can't do like this." "I'II move you a bit..." "Sorry." "Just a little bit, or I'II fall down." "Now it's good." "Oh, God!" "As I think that tomorrow I'II have to deal with the melons, I wish to die." " At last our wishes coincided." " It's no big deal for you." "Everything will be all right with you." "You'II be playing your piano again." " In a prison amateur contest?" " Someone will help you out." "I'm not a soloist." "And not a prizewinner either." "Just playing to someone's baton." "It's better than carrying trays." "When I was left alone, with no husband and no profession, with a child on my hands..." "But now it's all right." "I work like God." "You know, when I lie down at night, after a hard day's work, everything starts to spin before my eyes: trays, trains, customers, passengers." "It's so awful!" "But I survive." "I'm hungry." "It smells so good from your bag." "You know, I haven't had a crumb for the whole day." " You know what?" "Let's eat." " AII right." "well, Iet's see what I've got today." "Give me a hand." "What do we waitresses usually get?" "only garnish." "What the customers leave on their plates." "But we give it to pigs." "The kitchen never shares with us." "They work only for themselves." "And when do we have our lucky night?" "When there's a big party like today's." "I served a wedding today." "I know, I saw it." " Be my guest." " well, I feel..." "It's the first time I have to eat Ieavings." "Don't say that." "It's not Ieavings, it's leftovers." "It's a big difference." " You mean no one ate..." " You're insulting me, client." "well, in my position it's foolish to be too fastidious." "You're right." "help yourself." "well?" " And you say, Ieavings, scraps..." " A very tasty wedding." "Just a minute." "please." "Thank you." "What a strange night." "It's funny." "Who am I at that wedding?" "The bridegroom?" "A guest?" "No." "I think I'm just a sponger." "Why?" "You'II be the bride." "In that case you're the bridegroom." "The bridegroom?" "!" "I'm the bridegroom!" "Why is this unusual reaction?" "I didn't say anything funny." "My dear girl, what do you want me to put on your plate?" "Give me, my dear boy, an olive and a piece of salami." " There you go." " My darling..." "Here, my baby, some olives, and butter, and fish..." "I want some fish." " There you go, baby." " My silly darling." "Oh, what idiots we are!" "Caviar!" "It was near the bridegroom." "He didn't eat anything, he just drank." "You took it right from the table?" "My dear friends!" "To you!" "Thank you for coming to this wonderful wedding!" "Baby, I didn't know you're a drinking man!" "Get ready!" "But there're no glasses." "Then we'II have to drink from the bottle." "You first." "My dear passengers!" "I wish to drink to you!" "I hope you'II get your tickets and arrive in time at your destination." "Good!" " Leave something for me." " Sure." "I also want to propose a toast." "I wish to drink to you!" "Because you're not a bad person." "well, you understand everything." "Your health!" " The champagne is sweet." " Freebies are always sweet." "How much money was there?" "Damn your bandit's city!" "Why do I have only bad luck?" "They've robbed me of 200 rubles, just a few kopecks left." "I'm in a really bad spot." "Being under investigation, missing my train!" "My passport is gone, my money stolen." "But I had a ball at the wedding." "Take it easy, pianist." "You can call your wife in Moscow." "She'II send you money if she hasn't spent it all on fencing." "I need a passport to be paid on the money order." "You'II get your passport tomorrow at 12:10, didn't I tell you that?" "If your conductor hasn't lost it." "He won't lose it, he's a businessman." "He's got brains in his head." "Sure, businessmen, business contacts, business meetings." "I can imagine what kind of a business meeting you had in a compartment." "Yes, you're right, we had a business meeting in a compartment." "If you had a business meeting, then we two are just frolicking in a bed here." "Don't even count on it." "You know, I don't squander myself on trifles." "Sure, melons for three rubles a kilo, it's not a trifle." "AII right, Iet me explain it to you and make everything absolutely clear." "I'II get only 50 kopecks from every kilo." "Andrei gets a ruble and a half, and I think it's fair." "He buys them in Tashkent for 50 kopecks a kilo." "The remaining rubIe goes to a second- hand dealer, because he's a farmer." "I've earned myself a radicuIutis on the apples." "I can't move." "uncle Misha, my dear!" "These are Tchaidzhui melons." "In this hot weather they'II perish." "Why uncle?" "You're an aunt." "uncle Misha was my late husband." "He was in this business, he helped people earn a kopeck or two." "He was a man of authority." "And I sort of taken a baton from him." "No, 7 is much too much." "I'II take it for 6 rubIes." "I've got company." "Bring it later." "Then...he got under a freighty at night." " Under what?" " A freight train." "He was drunk." "Now they call me uncle Misha." "And I'm proud of it." "What shall we do with the melons, uncle Misha?" "Good for you, Vera!" "I soIidarize with your concern." "We can't leave people without vitamins." "Now I understand your vocation." "You take care of people's health." "Don't be so sarcastic." "We'II have to see yet who takes more care of the people, me or them." "Who ""them"?" "Have you ever seen the fruits they sell at stores?" "Their fruits and vegetables are no good." "I feed the people with good produce, and what about those state shops?" "Their watermeIons are unripe, tomatoes stale, pears wooden." "And I nurse each berry like a small baby!" "It's true." "Those warehouses don't know how to keep produce." "Neither fruits, nor vegetables, nor berries!" "And that's so because it belongs to nobody!" " And who are you?" " Nobody, I guess." "No documents and no money." "He's a passenger, left behind his train." "So let's put an Uzbek cap on him, and he'II be selling the melons like a farmer from central Asia." " selling?" " Me?" "What are you talking about?" "I never sold anything and am not going to!" "It's easy." "Just think of how they sell at stores and do the other way round." "They're rude there, and you smile." "They cheat with the weight, you give them extra." "What?" "Give them 50 or 100 grams more, and the customer will be pleased." " You know, they sell wet vegetables." " Why?" " Were you just born?" " well, he doesn't know life at all." "To make them heavier." "So that they weigh more, understand?" "And your melon will be dry and nice." "I'II give a call to the manager, so that instead of giving you a thrashing he'd give you a robe, a scale..." "I'm not going to sell them." "Let Vera do it." "I can't show myself at the market place, I work in the service sector." "And I'm a musician." "So you can trade with music." "Oh, I forgot, he's an international competition prizewinner." "I couId become one if they had sent me there at Ieast once." "You can be sure they'II send you somewhere at the market." "No, I'm not going to trade." "Why do you refuse to help me out?" "I don't want to profiteer and I won't." "Oh, that's what you hold us for?" "I'm not a profiteer!" "We're intermediaries between the earth and the people." "And you're being entrusted with an important, honorable mission." "please spare me!" " He's ashamed." " Yes, I'm ashamed!" "And afraid!" "Fourteen rubIes, please." "The melon's yours, the money's ours." "Come, folks!" "There's nothing phony!" "It's half sugar, half honey!" " This one, please." " You've chosen a fine melon!" "twelve rubIes, please." "Come, folks!" "There's nothing phony!" "Buy a melon, please." "It melts in your mouth!" "please, comrade..." " He's got no shame." " The intelligentsia." "Those parasites give us no peace!" "I wish you'd choke on your melon!" "They know no limits!" "Fifteen rubIes for a melon!" "Because of you we can't buy anything." "Scavenger!" "Profiteer!" "Why it's 3 rubIes here and 2.50 over there?" "He doesn't want to work, parasite!" "He's a sponger, just look at his hands." "He's never seen a melon plantation in his life." "It's outrageous!" "Gorged himself a mug at the expense of our temporal difficulties." "Why are you attacking the man?" "You don't like it, don't buy it." "What's that smell?" " It's the Tchaidzui melon." " Great." "Have one weighed for me." "As for the mug, I would advise you to look in the mirror more often." "What a bitch!" "They insult us at the shops, you come here to get a break, it's the same." "That comrade has good melons too, only they're bitter." "Have you tasted them?" "I don't need to taste them." "I know that kind very well." " Have you been inside it?" " I know that variety." "I'II cut it for you to taste." "Don't bother." "I know it all through." "I'II deal with them all." "Thanks for coming." "I know." "She's his woman." "Yes." "She works for him." "Come on." "I've never seen him before." "They're second-hand dealers." "It's the first time I'm seeing him!" "She's not my woman!" "I've got a certificate!" "She's not my woman." "A certificate from my own plot, that's why I sell cheaper." "You're a second-hand dealer yourself!" "You think your tomatoes grow on trees?" "It's your melons that grow on trees!" "Come on, what's so funny?" "The man's just kidding." "You'd better go, baIdie, and watch your worm-eaten tomatoes." "What the hell is going on?" "You can't get away from those city swindIers!" " I bet he bought them from conductors." " That's why he overprices them!" "call the police!" "I'II be a witness!" " No police, friends!" " He's right." "The police are no chums to us." "Let's just give him a couple of punches." "Good people!" "That's my debut at the market place!" "Perhaps it's not quite a success." "please, help me." "help me to get rid of those damned melons." "help me, buy them by the barrel." "I mean, by the bulk, all together." "Hurry up, baIdie, it's a bargain." "I pay a ruble a kilo for the lot." "No way." "For a ruble a kilo, he'II eat them himself, right?" "For a ruble a kilo, I'II eat them myself." "AII right, one ruble 20 kopecks." "No, it's robbery!" " One rubIe 30 kopecks." " No!" "One rubIe 40 kopecks." "That's my last word." "No, I can't, I must return to my boss one ruble 50 kopecks." "We gave you a good price." "You can't lose on it, it's a bargain!" "Don't be stingy, sellers!" "Oh, what the heck!" "Who wants Tchaidzhui melons?" "As sweet as honey!" "As smooth as maidens!" "Come on, buy before they go!" "Come, folks, there's nothing phony!" "They're half sugar, half honey!" "One rubIe fifty a kilo!" "please." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "Where to?" "This way." "It's not far." "It feels so good!" "Right." "After all that smoke and racket at the restaurant," "I come here at night, get some fresh air, and all is gone without a trace." "Aren't you afraid to walk alone at night?" "I'm used to it." "My friend, VioIetta, often comes along to visit me." "We two walk, with heavy bags, so tired that we can't even talk, just chap-chap-chap." "And, suddenly, we hear a man's cough behind us." "And my dear old maid, VioIetta, immediately became a different person." "Now she was walking with no life left in her, with her whole body aching..." "Imagine, she gave him her phone number, and waited, with no result." "Though it seemed that man was already in her pocket." "You needn't to go with me any farther." "Thanks and goodbye." "How can you sleep with that thunder?" "I got used to it." "Now I can't sleep when it's quiet." "I need that thunder around me." "That territory by the tracks..." "Our house is over there... we call it ""a strip of estrangement"." "AII right..." "I must go." "I haven't yet asked you that most original question men usually ask." "What are you doing tonight?" "Are you inviting me to the station's waiting room?" "Oh no, you have such a beautiful dress on!" "I got even a better one!" "Then it's only natural that I should invite you to a restaurant tonight." "Oh, please, invite me." "I haven't been to a restaurant for ages!" "I'm inviting you." "I'II be back in a jiffy!" "Here I am." "I gave them their supper, said I'd be back late, so we can go and party." "please." "Wait..." "You want to offer me money?" " The gentleman is supposed to pay." " Whatjoint are we going to?" "If you don't mind, invite me to our restaurant, please." " You want to show off?" " I want to see their long faces." "Keep your money." "You mean we're going to run away without paying?" "I know that you think I'm a criminal, and perhaps you're right." "But this time we'II act honest." "How?" "I'm intrigued." "It's a secret." "actually, I'm a very mysterious man." "Oh, you're so funny!" "will you buy me a ticket, please?" "I haven't got a kopeck." "Of course I will." "I've got a season ticket." "End of Part One" "A RAILWAY STATION FOR TWO Part Two" "No one's coming to serve us." "What a shame!" "They're discussing the fact of you picking me up." "Me picking you up?" "It's you who picked me up!" "Yes, and I'm proud of it." "Now it sounds better." "Good evening." "Can we have the menu, please?" "VioIetta, don't you recognize me?" "How do I know if I should recognize you or not." "This is PIaton Sergeyevich." "He's a pianist." "pleased to meet you." "VioIetta." "I'm very pleased, too." "What would be your order?" "The lady will make the order." "I know this useless paper by heart." "I even see it in my nightmares." "AII right." "We will drink..." "Makes no difference to me." "Let's drink cognac!" "Armenian cognac, three stars." "Two hundred grams?" "Two hundred or three hundred?" "Three hundred!" "Three hundred." "And tell them not to dilute it, because it's for me." "What?" "Do they usually dilute it?" "Of course not!" "Now the appetizers..." "From appetizers we have only cheese." "tell the chef that it's for me." "Let him give us the salami and salad he's stashed." "AII right." " How about Chicken Kiev?" " Fine." "Two orders then." "And tell them to use good butter." "What butter do they usually use?" "well, usually..." "Why do you want to know what you'd better not know?" "No more questions." "And ice-cream." "Yes, VioIetta, only please tell them it's for Vera, so that they not put anything but ice-cream in the ice-cream." "I know, she is the one who..." "You're absolutely right." "It's she." "She's so strange." "She's good, and good people are always unlucky." "I think you're somewhere far, far away now." "will you come back, please?" "My wife and I were driving back from the Sheremetyevo Airport." "After seeing off her friend who left for AIgeria." "My wife was driving." "She loves driving." "I almost don't use the car, I don't like it, but my wife's a great driver." "When we were approaching Moscow..." "And it was very dark there..." "A man ran out crossing the road." "She used the brakes, but..." "Was he drunk?" "No." "The examination proved he was sober, so..." "There we go, my dears." "Hors d'oeuvres are coming." "As for the main course, you'II have to wait a bit." "Do you have a TV set in your restaurant?" "In the director's office." "Why?" " I'II explain." "This way?" " Yes, this way." "When it happened, she took it very bad." "She cried, she was hysterical." "Then she said: ""It's the end of me." "They will never invite me to the television again."" " She works on television?" " occasionally." "You'II see." "well..." "Why does it take so long to turn on?" "When the police arrived, I, of course, said I was driving." " Good evening." " Good evening." "The weather situation in the most part of the country's European territory is being determined by the high pressure area which is gradually..." "They always have a smile on their faces on TV." "Good for them." "It's my wife." "As a result, we'II have above the norm precipitation." "The frontal divide, coming through ArkhangeIsk, VoIogda and Leningrad regions, cuts off the cooler air of Scandinavia from the warmer one over the country's main territory." "You weren't exaggerating." "She's an interesting woman." "Yes." "And when I took the blame on myself, she at once calmed down." "And now about the weather in our capital." "Tomorrow it will again be warm and dry in Moscow." "The temperature is 25-27 degrees C." "Your own car." "A friend leaving for AIgeria." "A wife shown on TV." "To me it's all like living on the Moon." "And I take tips and collect garnishes from the tables." "And every third one treats us waitresses like trash." "especially railway station waitresses." " Shut up!" "Why do you say that?" "See?" "Even you're shutting me up." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to hurt you." "I can't imagine what would've happened to me if I hadn't met you." " In your situation..." " You've saved me." "You just needed someone to happen along." "I was lucky to have you to happen upon me." "actually, it's not that, Vera." "I feel that lately I've been living like..." "I rush from a rehearsal to a recording, from a recording to a concert." "I'm constantly in need of money, more money." "film studios, radio..." "I snatch at every piece of hackwork." "We never have friends to our house." "I can understand my wife." "She doesn't want to cook, wash dishes." "We invite only useful people." "And we get from it... no joy." "Our daughter has her own life." "We have lost her." "I'm in public all the time, always mixing with people..." "But in fact, I'm alone." "It's fate." "Now I will play for you." "I testify as a wife that he's still trumpeting!" "To our mighty hero!" "shall I serve the main course?" "Listen to this beautiful music." "Get lost." "He's playing for me." "Got it." "He's my friend." "Your friend makes me feel like crying." " What do you want him to play?" " Something rhythmicaI." "No problem." "We'II order it." "You know, I've recognized you, friend." "Oh, I've recognized you, too." "Look, play something rhythmicaI, something exciting." "With great pleasure." "Dear friends, for our guest from the sunny Uzbekistan," "I'm going to play a rhythmically exciting melody." " Greetings, competitor." " Greetings, aboriginal." "Giving your tour performance?" "Just trying to make some bread." "By stealing someone else's bread?" "Get out of here." "You're a pianist and I'm a pianist." "I've been robbed of my money." "I only have to earn enough for the dinner." "Are you Vera's beau?" "Sort of." "What are you eating?" "Three hundred grams of cognac, two saIamis, two Chickens Kiev and two ice-creams, yes, and a salad." "That will be all, you got it?" "Dear Comrades!" "Today is my husband's jubilee." "Can you play ""The Dying Swan" for him?" " Can you do the swan?" " The dying one?" "I can do anything." " He will do it." " Thank you." "Into the money-box." "Shoot the dying one." "Didn't you say you'd be playing for me?" "And you were making money instead." "It was that rare occasion when feelings and interest had agreed." "And you were complaining that you play not that good." "To say the truth, no one has ever played as well in our restaurant." "It's only for restaurants that I'm an outstanding pianist, but for art..." "A quite ordinary one." "well, my dears." "Thank you, everything was very good." "When we want to, we can do it." "As for the check, please give it to your pianist." " To Shurik?" " Yes, to him." "What are you gaping at?" "Take it to Shurik." "alexander AnatoIyevich, it's for you." "It's funny." "You're innocent, and you're going to trial." "That seems to be my fate." " VioIetta!" " Yes, my dears?" "Come on, bring it all." "Pastries, chocolate, coffee and fruit." "What the heck..." "On what money?" "Now it's me who's dining and wining you!" "Your health!" "So you want to be a martyr?" "And you want her to be locked up?" "No, I don't want it for anyone." "Give me your number." "When in Moscow, I may call you." "would you mind?" "No, on the contrary, I'II be happy to hear your voice." "My number is very easy to remember." "123-4567." "1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7." "That simple?" "I'II call you." "Or maybe not." "Come on, don't be afraid, I was just kidding." "I'm not afraid." " Thank you for the wonderful evening." " Thank you for making me company." " No, it wasn't so..." " Never mind me." "Let me see you to your bus." "To my bus?" "No, first I have to put you up for the night." "Let's go." "Tonight you're going to sleep with all conveniences, Iike a real foreigner." "But we've already been turned out of there." "In life, everything depends not on those who're in charge, but on those who're on duty today." "Imagine, I've accidentally sent his passport with the Tashkent train." "They don't let in the hotel without a passport, you know." "help us out." "I know they don't." "What's in it for me?" "You know, he plays the piano so well that..." "It won't work." "There's no piano." "Can you play cards, passenger who's been left behind?" "Sure he can." "But not as well as the piano." "What am I going to do with you?" "Though it looks like no diplomatic persons are expected tonight." "AII right, stay, we'II think of something." "I wonder what are you going to think of?" "It's you who are leaving him with me." "Then I'm a foundling." "He's a spry little sparrow, this passenger of yours." "Thank you." "Not at all, thank you." "AII right, you two may go and think of something here, but I'm going." "Bye." "Thank you, Vera." "Have a seat." "So I'II see you tomorrow at the restaurant, right, Vera?" " It was a wonderful evening." " It was great!" " You're having an affair with her?" " Oh no, not at all." "She's a funny woman." "Are you planning just transit or you may stay for a while?" "What do you mean?" "I was just left behind the train." "Perhaps I'II stay awhile, I don't know." "Or maybe not." "When he comes tomorrow, her... that..." "conductor who took my passport..." " So you know about him?" " I had the pleasure of meeting him." "well, it's life." "After her husband had walked out on her..." "And did it in such a ghastly manner, found himself a hairdresser in Penza and announced to her about his decision over the intercom, bastard." "The entire railway listened to their conversation." "It was a mean, inhuman thing to do." "He could come and say he was sorry." "Two months later he did come crawling on his knees, asking her forgiveness." "Vera didn't take him in." "Then this Andrei had appeared." "well, shall we have a drink?" "By the way, Iet's get acquainted." "My name is YuIia." "pleased to meet you." "I'm PIaton Sergeyevich." " Are you from Moscow?" " Yes." "Here I am." "Now you'II lie to us that you were late for the bus." "I'm so glad you came back." "I didn't come back, I really was late for the bus!" "It looks like I'm one too many here." " Don't say nonsense." " Where can I go, poor girl?" "AII right, I'II go and take a nap in the mother and child room." "Here." "See you in the morning." "Thank you so much." " Thanks." " Thank you." "Of course I wasn't late." "I just didn't want to leave you with her." "Why are you staring?" "Yes, I came by myself." "Why don't you say something?" "There'II be something to remember, how you got stuck at some station." "And a waitress turned up." "And there was not an affair but..." "Funny, isn't it?" "She wasn't that good but..." "I was just passing through." "Vera, you don't know yourself." "But I think I've known you for years and I understand you." "There's none of the things in you that I hate." "simply hate!" "You're genuine, you're natural." "And I feel so natural with you." "That's me, just as I am, I don't have to pretend, I don't have to..." "And at this station of all places, for the first time in my Iife" "I felt free." "You just don't know your worth." "You're kind, you're pretty, you're..." "Charming, you're wonderful..." "Yes, you're..." "beautiful!" "No one has ever spoken those words to me." "Not ever." "Guys!" "Guys!" "trouble!" "I know I'm intruding." "Non-fIying weather." "Moscow doesn't accept planes." "How I hate that non-fIying weather!" "They'II bring them from the airport now, a whole crowd." "It'II be hectic." "I know, we're looking for an empty car." " You're smart, but not quite." " That's right." "The cars are locked for the night so some riffraff not get in." "We're looking for my cousin." "She's a conductor." "She'II give you shelter." " Vera." " What?" " Vera..." " What?" "You'II be comfortable here." "There... that's all." "That's enough, or it's going to end badly." "It's not enough." " I don't mess about compartments." " I know." " What do you mean?" " Nothing." " What are you driving at?" " I'm not driving at anything." "You mean me and Andrei going to a compartment." "Nothing happened there." "I believe you." "I can tell by your eyes that you don't." "It's dark in here, you can't tell by the eyes..." "But it's true, nothing has happened." "I believe you, I swear." "You don't believe a word." "You have only one thing on your mind." "Say something!" "There can be nothing between the two of us, nothing..." "Why not?" "Because you're a pianist and I'm a railway station waitress." "It's nonsense." "You see?" "You can't say anything to that." "A waitress!" "A pianist!" "What difference does it make?" "Sure." "tell me about the universal equality." " Vera, I beg you." " What?" "please, don't leave." "To me it's... very important." " You're for me..." " Don't." "I brought you to this wagon-Iit so that you could rest." "Take a rest, my darling..." "What do you think, what sentence they may give you?" "At best, three years." "And I'II come to the trial and say it wasn't you who did it." "No one will listen to you." "I'II testify that you yourself told me that." "And I'II deny it." "It will be my word against yours." "well, why should I do it in the first place?" "What do I care?" "You'II never show up here again, anyway." "We're adults, aren't we?" "This talking through a wall is unnatural." "Come here." "No, no way." "Then I'm coming to you." "What an insolent fellow!" "Though you don't look it at all." "Let's meet on the neutral territory." "Where?" "In the washroom?" "Say, in the corridor." "Never." "Yes, that's what I'm like, too, a man of principle." "I've got an apartment in an open field." "The air's clean in an open field." "They'II run a troIIey-bus route in a year, and a telephone line in 10." "We no Ionger live, just ramble, MonotonousIy, Iike in paradise." "Don't ever be afraid to gamble" "And stake your whole life on dice." "How good we were when we just started!" "We're not the same, we've lost our drive." "It's never late to go and chance it," "Don't be afraid to change your life." "...Of your belongings you'II need none," "only death's your final destination." "Just try to have your life redone." "Don't ever cry, have no pity" "If no trump card there's to throw in." "Your own life contribute in the kitty." "Who never loses, he will never win!" "As our Shurik sings." "Good morning." "hello..." "PIaton Sergeyevich, your breakfast is over there." "please sit down." "Don't be afraid of a new endeavor..." "Bon appetite." "Thank you." "Don't ever hide, have no pity" "If no trump card there's to throw in." "Your own life contribute in the kitty." "Who never loses, he will never win..." "The express train No. 6 ""Moscow" " AIma-Ata"" "arrives on track two." "Dear passengers, we've just received important news:" "Zastupinsk's football team ""Vanguard"" "beat Voronezh's ""Torch", scoring 3 to 1 !" "I repeat, we've just received important news:" "Zastupinsk's football team ""Vanguard" beat Voronezh's ""Torch", scoring 3 to 1 !" "Hi!" " How you doing?" " Fine." "Hi, Lyuda!" "Hi." "Thanks." "Take it, don't make me feel bad." "Have you changed your hair style?" "Yes, I have." "Very becoming, isn't it?" "Vera, listen to me." "The goods are terrific." "Two suitcases." "Austrian boots, light as a feather." "Two hundred rubles a pair." "Vera, we're standing here only 20 minutes." "I won't be going to you any more." "Where else can we go?" "I can't leave the car." "You got it all wrong, Andrei." "Wait." " What?" " Bad news." "I just knew it." "They fiIched the melons." " If only the melons!" " There was nothing else there." "I found a replacement for you." "I don't get it, Vera, my dear." "Let's go, huh?" "I was unfaithful to you, Andrei." "I still don't get it." "Did you find yourself another guy?" "Who is he?" "My passport?" "Sorry, man, it so happened..." "It was just an accident." "I owe it to you." "Go on, order something, I'm paying." "Here's the money for the melons." "The suitcases are under the side table." "We're quits." " And something else..." " Get away, man, we need to talk." "Get out of here now and never show up at this station again!" "You mean it's him who charmed you?" "You goat!" "I told you to watch the melons and what did you do?" "Profiteer!" "ScoundreI!" "Get out of here!" " I'II punch your mug!" " If you can jump high enough." "So our love is over, with only business contacts left?" "I hate to do it, too." "Aren't you hurt, bastard?" " What?" " Nothing." " shall I call NikoIasha?" " It's all right, Sanya." "What are you going to live on?" "I managed before you and I'II manage now." "On your salary, right?" "You know what it's called?" "I've spent so much money on you..." "Yes, Andrei, you're right." "But it happened." "You think you were such a treasure?" "You better think twice." "Good morning." "Are you looking for me, comrade?" "And I'm over there." "Good night." "You'II be sweeping this platform with your skirt, but I..." "I will not." "But I will not come back to you." "Come here, dear." "Steady." " So you Iike this one, right?" " Yes, I Iike him very much, Andrei." " What do you do?" " I'm a pianist." "There!" " Hi!" " What's going on?" "Nothing." "Everything's all right." "Who did it to your face?" "That amateur talent pianist was doing a tap dance on the tables." "Who gave you that shiner?" "He slipped getting into salad." "well..." "This is for you, Vera, for the broken dishes." "And this is for you, MendeIssohn." "Superman." "For medical treatment." "I hope you'II recover by the wedding." " Take that, Sanya." " Yes." "You're a stupid woman, Vera NikoIayevna, and that's a fact." "Everything is all right." "Thank you, girls." "Are you ashamed of me?" "Wait a minute." "That's all... that's all..." "You want me to buy you a ticket to where?" "Come on, tell me." "To... to Griboyedov." "Where else?" " And from there to Moscow." " To Moscow." "To Moscow?" "To her, who's lying about weather on TV?" "Yes, of course..." "I got it." "Don't touch me, that's all..." "Here, your ticket." "Your train is in 40 minutes." "Let's go out, we need to talk." "I've just spoken to your wife." "On the phone, of course." "I know it's mean, it's not nice, but I couldn't help myself." "What did you tell her?" "I said I'm just a stranger." "What were you talking about?" "She claims it was you who'd run over a man." "Right, she couldn't tell the truth to a stranger." "What would you do in her place?" "But it turned out she can't drive." "What?" "..." "She can't drive?" "Did she say that?" "She said exactly that." "And she sounded very convincing." "She's right." "It's said in the report that it was I who killed the man." "So..." "there's nothing we can change." "Oh, God!" "What a misfortune!" "Why?" "Why does everything go wrong..." "Watch out!" " That's your train." " Yes, that's my train." "well?" ".." "well..." "Forgive me for whatever I've done wrong." "No, you forgive me, it was me..." " No, everything was..." " wonderful." "It was wonderful." " Everything was wonderful." " Everything was just great." "Everything was great." "Just great." "well..." "Have a nice journey." "AII the best to you." " Good luck to you, too." " Sure." "Go... or you'II be late." "Thank you!" "well, once again." "Your car is No.7. unfortunately, it's a common, third-cIass car." "Soon I'II have everything common in my Iife." "Goodbye!" "Thank you." "The accordion is as good as new." "Maybe you'II stay for supper, son?" "I can't, my wife came to visit." " Where's Lesnaya Street, 7?" " The last house on the Ieft." "And the cutlet... is a bit burned." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "I'm afraid there's not enough food." "AII right, that's enough." "You shouldn't have come here." "It won't work out with the two of us." "Why not?" "inequality again." "What are you?" "A waitress!" "And I'm just a Iow number, which means a cleaning woman." "What?" "!" "A cleaning woman?" "!" "How could I make such a mistake?" "I thought I was going to a pianist, and here I am with a cleaning woman." "Yes." "I'm no match for you." "would you mind if I eat a little more?" " You liked it?" " Very much." "That's what I've come here for." " Get up!" " Lay off, Anufrikov." "Get up!" "It's twenty to seven." "Get up!" "We've overslept." "Here." "Get dressed!" "Here." "It's the end." "I'II be late for the roll call." "I'm going with you." "I won't leave you." "We no Ionger live, just ramble," "MonotonousIy, Iike in paradise." "Don't ever be afraid to gamble" "And stake your whole life on dice." "How good we were when we just started!" "We're not the same, we've lost our drive." "It's never late to go and chance it," "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Don't be afraid to change your life!" "What if your hair's touched with white," "It's never late to choose new roads." "To stake it all have no fright," "Cast off yourself you past life loads." "Going out in a rainy weather," "Stir up your spirits and your shoulders unbend." "Don't be afraid of a new endeavor," "And over life, and over life Just try to get an upper hand!" "believe in chimeras, mystification!" "Of your belongings you'II need none," "only death's your final destination." "Just try to get your life redone." "Don't ever cry, have no pity" "If no trump card there's to throw in." "Your own life contribute in the kitty!" "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Who never loses, he will never win!" "Oh, my darling... my only one..." "I Iove you... so much..." "Go on, please, go on." "Hurry up, please..." "You're walking... just fine..." "you're walking fine." " only too slowly." " Yes." "What time is it?" "Seven minutes left." "Come on, go." "I can't..." "I can't..." "I can't..." "Look how beautiful it is!" "How beautiful!" "There, that's your fence." "The fence." "We're almost there." "Why did you stop?" " I can't go on." " Just a little bit more, please." " Go on, go..." " I'II never make it." "Give it to me." "No, no..." "I'II do it..." "I'II do it!" "Vera, Iet me carry it." "Oh, damn!" "You see?" ".." "Get up..." "Get up..." " I'II carry it." " Don't fall." "Ryabinin." "Ryabinin!" "Hey, you!" "Over there!" "He's here!" " I'm here!" " Ryabinin's here!" "You hear me?" "!" "Hey, you, on the tower!" "He's here!" "Ryabinin's here!" "He's here!" "The roll call of section four done." "One is absent." " Who?" " Convict Ryabinin." "play!" " play?" " Yes." "Ryabinin?" "So he's not back." "Right." "It's an escape." " play!" "loudly!" "Hurry!" " Yes." "Come on." "There you go." "Don't fall." "Come on, louder, louder..." "Good, still louder..." "No, he's here." "He's back." "Louder!" "The End"