"Лариса Матрос. Behind the Staircase (англ.)" - читать интересную книгу автора

of revelry at the table. Anna raised her head and saw Rudolf, standing with
his champagne glass. The froth was splashing from the glass because his hand
was shaking and he couldn't stop it.
"My friends!" Rudolf said seriously, directing his thoughtful look into
the distance. "A long time ago I swore, that every birthday I would come to
Potyomkimskaya Staircase, which was connected with the most glorious moments
of my youth, but my fate has commanded different. And now looking at this
small copy of the favorite place of my youth, I thought that a human
invented staircases to make it easier to transfer from one place ot another.
A staircase is a symbol of human's desire to move. I wish for all of us to
have a staircase which at all times will connect us with our roots.
Anna was listening to Rudolf, not taking her eyes off him. The thin
layer of a frozen teardrop inher eyes removed the age mutation in Rudolf's
image and in front of her there was standing that same Rudolf, with whom she
raced on the staircase twenty years ago.