It was getting dark. Rugged branches pierced the red afterglow. There was a
smell of sweet dampness in the air. He was walking confidently pushing, with
great pleasure, yellow ground with his huge boots. The aim was very close, and
thinking of it made him extremely happy. But suddenly he found out that he was
being followed.
That was Gena Ivanov who had decided to find out what Borya was planning to
do. Borya came up to Gena and seized him. "What do you want?",- he
asked Gena, but Gena kept silent. "Tell me because otherwise you are going
to have problems, - Borya continued, - I am going to torture you now."
And suddenly Gena told everything. He said that ZINAIDA FEDOROVNA had sent him
to follow Borya and that it was not his fault. Borya answered:" I trust
you, but my tommy-gun doesn`t. I am going to count until three and then shoot.
You have a chance to run away and stay alive." He let him go and Gena ran
away. And Borya started practising shooting.
Episode 2. A PLEASANT MEETING.