THE OTHER HUSBAND
“I bought you a newspaper. Vladislav R-ov has returned to Russia,” Maria said at dinner.
I glanced at the picture of a bearded gentleman in a vest and at his answers to the interviewer’s questions: Do you drink vodka? no; Smoke? yes; I try to live in St. Petersburg, I have founded a charitable school at St. Catherine’s Church… All the profits from my concert went to the needs of ill children… My children should be truly Russian; I must instill spiritual values and patriotism in them. Do you intend to be buried at Novodevichy? Of course, it’s a holy place… I’ve come to realize that one must live with his people.
Maria held each photograph of Olya Voznesenskaya carefully.
“If you are just going to throw these away, give them to me instead.” “No, we’ll sell them. We’ll t
