He knew that sooner or later he would explain to her that he intended a very different type of life for her from a struggle to make a living in what was still a male-dominated society.
But he felt that this was not the moment and therefore changed the subject to something that did not concern her personally.
That night, after Militsa had left him rather later than usual to go to bed, he had sat for a long time in his private cabin thinking.
He had intended to read and had actually brought several books from the library to look up the dates of various subjects that he intended to discuss the following day.
Instead he found himself thinking about her until at one o’clock in the morning he decided that he should go to bed.
He was walking towards his cabin when he heard a door open and sa
