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She doesn’t even lift a finger to accept the bouquet.

After a few seconds of decorum, I carelessly drop the flowers into the sink and out of the corner of my eye notice how the pretty but timid girl who let me in the house makes her way to the door in short strides. Margarita is keen on the same thing, but as soon as we are alone, she goes on the attack without warning.

– Mr. Koryaga, first of all, it’s almost midnight – and your insolent intrusion cannot be justified by any “special circumstances. Secondly, I don’t remember giving any reason to think that I wanted to talk to you face to face. Thirdly, no matter what trick you come up with, my answer will always be no! So, if you have any respect for other people’s privacy left in your moonlit ass, you will apologize immediately and get out of this house and out of the lives of all its inhabitants!

I look down on her and can’t help thinking that this woman-the most inappropriate of all! – it took exactly two dozen words to drive me crazy.