Kohe alguses tabab mind meeletu soov minna Otepääle suusamata, eemale kõigest, mis kaasneb linnaliku olemisega. Minna sinna, kus on vaid lumeväljad, puumajakesed, üksindus ja sume talveõhtu... Oo, talv, tule ometi kiiremini.Ma vajutasin koni neitsilikult puhtas tuhatoosis puruks ja läksin magamis...
Anton didn’t trust newfangled technology; he had an old-fashioned arbalest in the style of Marshal Totz (King Pitz the First), overlaid with black copper, with a cable of ox sinew wound around a little wheel. And Pashka had taken a pneumatic rifle. Since he was lazy and lacked the mechanical apti...
“I have no idea who he is,” the owner said, examining his glass under the light. “He signed the book claiming to be a salesman traveling for personal reasons. But he’s no salesman. A half-crazy alchemist, magician, inventor maybe … but not a salesman.” We were sitting in front of the fireplace. T...
I barely got out of it. We agreed that I would finish my work, and Irina, since she had absolutely nothing else to do and was stir-crazy—she was incapable of just soaking in the tub and reading the latest issue of Foreign Literature—well, Irina would sort the laundry and take care of Bobchik’s ro...