He never wrote down its phone. Number was simple and strict, as an arithmetic number.
It often dialled this number - both in the morning, and in the afternoon, and in the evening, sometimes even at night. He called to hear its voice and simply to chat or agree about a meeting.
They met at it. Long sat on kitchen, looked at electric trains passing behind a window, spoke about stuff or were silent. He never asked about its past. It seemed to it, that something can break, change. Has then understood, that was afraid of jealousy. Once it has taken an interest in its relation to a marriage. She has answered, that it had a bad experience. More has added nothing and has not explained.
 She treated матушкиными with dainties and ароматнейшей mountain ash vodka. He often asked it to share a secret of preparation of a drink, and she told. He knowingly nodded and in a week-other asked to reveal culinary secret. She smiled and repeated the simple recipe.
She liked to observe, how he eats, and to ask him on work in the operational. It did not hide, that to it liked medical байки. Then, then they got over in a room …
Sometimes she answered its phone calls tersely and then he understood, that houses still someone are. More truly, not someone, and parents have come to visit. One or the second. They never came together because were in divorce.
The offer, yes, in general, what there the offer - as a matter of fact the order, on a trip to the African god-forsaken hole for rendering of all help to local experts, so-called, has been made absolutely unexpectedly. Arguments about necessity of business trip there was such set that was necessary to agree on semi-annual tropical exotic.
Before departure they suited a small feast with foam of champagne and a heap gastronomic изысков.
She laughed much and asked not to exchange it for chocolate indigenes. He promised to keep to the last and, if to surrender on favour to the winner, only royal кровей, as a last resort, the illegitimate daughter of the leader.
It left from it in the early solar morning. The court yard which has not woken up Yet and, appear, all city have been filled by shchemjashche-sweet aroma of a blossoming lilac.
Before turn he has stopped, has looked back and has seen in a window its silhouette.
Among savanno-dzhunglevoj exotic it had to stay in two and a half time longer: revolution, interbreeding war, the guerrillas, then any tropical infection. The normal life, Peter, they, appear, for ever remained in last, transient past …
He has called it in the first day of returning directly from Sheremetev. But nobody has removed a tube. Has called for work, but there have answered, that it has left.
Together with a companion on the African drudgeries they have gone to any daring company. In a break between toasts it left in kitchen and has again typed an unforgettable arithmetic number of figures. And a tube have removed. The Imperiously-exacting man's voice has said: "Hallo, you attentively listen". Has decided, that was mistaken. Has called back. The same voice with the same offer. Having swallowed, has asked to call her. The voice has taken an interest, whether Nikolay it and, not waiting the answer, has spoken: "She asked to tell, that will wait at the REGISTRY OFFICE exactly in ten".
He wished to jerk on station, on any train, for any money. But to it have not given. And then nearby it has appeared fun-loving and snub-nosed.
… She long waited from it though for any news. Then in newspapers and on TV there has passed the information, that there, in savanno-dzhunglevoj to the country, there was a revolution, war has begun, and many the Russian experts were missing or was lost.
Once it seemed to it, that she has seen it in the car which has stopped at a crossroads, and he even has looked at it and has there and then turned away to the driver.
And then to it the father has moved. Has told, that not for a long time while passions with its new wife will calm down. But passions for some reason long not угоманивались. Then it has been compelled to change work, reductions, and to all ancient friends who wished to see it have begun, said, that a reference point of its new service - the REGISTRY OFFICE. And all in this occasion grinned or grinned.
After the first half a year it often approached to a window on kitchen and looked in a court yard. It represented its going on snow. Cheerful and suntanned.
Then represented jumping through floods of spring slush.
Time of flowering of a lilac has then come and has left.
In September someone from institute messmates has called and has asked, what does she think of the organisation of a meeting concerning small anniversary from the date of одипломирования. She has answered, that is positive. Then to it have told, that a certain Nikolay, someone's driver will call, and let she will explain, how on it to call in.
After a meeting, chaotic, fussy, noisy, it wanted, somehow especially it wanted silence and rest.
The next day has stood out rainy, but on-sentjabrski golden and transparent. It is imperceptibly quickly cunning to Specific park, has walked on deserted paths and is unexpected for itself it has appeared in Коломягах, at low wooden church. In church it was surprisingly silent, cosy and warmly. Some parishioners faced to images.
She has bought three candles and in indecision has stopped. The old woman has approached to it small согбенная and has asked, for what she wishes to put - for health or for the peace of. She at first has not understood a question, and then as if having thought suddenly, has told, that for health. The old woman has brought it to Nikolay Chudotvortsa's icon.
It has put a candle and, having departed on pair steps back, has leant against a wall. At first she looked at a face of the Miracle man, and then has translated a sight at a candle. The bright, sparkling spark of a flame trembled on the end of a wick, and the fused wax flew down slow tear.
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