"Uma ukhululekile, ake sihlangane kusasa. Woza ekhaya lami. Qopha ikheli. " Yilokho okulula. Inhliziyo yami isuka enjabulweni ye- "YAK" - ayinakuba yilokhu, ngizinxuse ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngenkathi kuphakama ekungeneni kwe-Boiler's Embankment, kwavula inkinobho yokungena. Ngisemnyango wefulethi umlingisi. Ngishaya ucingo. Futhi ngizwa amagxolo ajabulisayo. Umnyango uvuleka futhi mina "sihlangana" noCocker Spaniel. "Ngiphokophela" kimi nge-paws yangaphambili futhi uzama ukukhotha.
- Boni, Hhayi-ke, hhayi amahloni! Lada, ngiyaxolisa! Fu, Bonifami! - UClara Stepanovna uzama ukudonsela inja kimi.
- Sawubona, - ngithi uBonifacea.
- Bov-Bov, b-Oororr, AV, VAV! Mnu. AV! - Ngiyakuzwa ngiphendula.
"BONI, uLada wangixoxa naye."
- AB? - Embuzweni wezinja, ngazizwa ngicasukile.
- Hhayi-ke, - uClara Stepanovna akazange agcine ukuhleka. - Uzohlala nathi. Kuphela ngikubuza, akukho ukuphawula.
Futhi kimi:
- Ngiyacela, uyangixolisa. Kepha uBoni uthanda ukukhuluma futhi uhlale ucasuke njalo uma enganakwa.
UBonifami wasukuma ngesibindi yonke ingxoxo yethu. Kodwa-ke, ngesinye isikhathi, ngazama ukufaka imibono yami, kodwa lapho ngibona ukubukeka kwe-hostess, "ngokushesha" kwashintsha umqondo wami. " Kwesinye isikhathi, kucasulwe, kuya kwelinye igumbi. Kepha ukucasuka kwakhe kwakwanele isikhashana. Ngemuva kwesikhashana, waphinde wavela egumbini lapho sasihleli khona.
Ngo-1994, ngaphinde ngathola ikheli elijwayelekile. Endlini kuma-boilers. Umnyango uvule uClara ungugobolo. Ngabheka lona wesifazane ngokunconywa - iminyaka ibingabusi phezu kwayo. Kwenye indawo ekujuleni kwefulethi kwakukhona amagxolo esilayidi. Ngombuzo wami bheka umlingisi, ukuhleka, kuphendule: "Amanani namuhla" ajeziswa "! Futhi lapha kuphela engibonile ukuthi isandla esisodwa somlingisi siyaboshwa. Kwavela ukuthi uBoni ucishe inceku yakhe. Kwinhlolokhono bekungavunyelwe. Kule filimu, ukukhonkotha kwakhe okubulawa yindlala kwashiywe, kwesinye isikhathi kwakuncipha izwi le-hostess. "