They met in December, by accident. When he got to Andrei Bely's lecture, he roared and laughed so much that she, who happened to be in the chair next to her and at first looked at him with some bewilderment, also laughed. Now every evening he went to her apartment, which she had shot solely for the sake of a wonderful view of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, every evening she drove her to dine in chic restaurants, theaters, concerts. What all this was to end, he did not know and tried not to even think: she once and for all talked about the future ...