I sat until evening, thinking and thinking, and then Kornei came in, and put his hand on my shoulder, just like he did with that Dang.
“Well,” he said, “my friend. Thanks a lot. I really felt that you would notice something. You have to understand that we prepared him in a big hurry. We have to save a man, a great scientist of yours. We suspect that he is hiding on the western shore of Lake Zagutta, but armored troops are dug in there and won’t let anyone through, only their own troops. So you can consider that today you’ve save the lives of two men. Two good men. One of yours and one of ours.”
He kept spouting all sorts of things – salve on the wound. I didn’t know what to do with myself, because when I was giving my expert advice I hadn’t had the slightest idea of saving anyone. It was
