Anton Mikhailovich spat, said “ugh,” spat again, said “ugh” again, spat again, said “ugh” again, and left. God bless him. Let me tell you about Ilya Pavlovich instead.
Ilya Pavlovich was born in 1893 in Constantinople. As a young boy, he was brought to Saint Petersburg, and there he graduated from a German school on Kirochnaya Street. Then he worked in some store, then did some other thing, and at the beginning of the revolution he emigrated abroad. Well, God bless him. Let me tell you about Anna Ignatievna instead.
But it’s not so simple to tell you about Anna Ignatievna. First of all, I know almost nothing about her, and second, I just now fell out of my chair and forgot what I was about to say. Let me tell you about myself instead.
I'm tall, I’m not a dummy, I dress elegantly and with good taste, I don’t drink, I don’t go to the racing tracks, but I am drawn to the ladies. And the ladies, they don't run away from me. They like it even, when I stroll with them. Serafima Izmailovna repeatedly invited me over to her place, and Zinaida Yakovlevna also said that she was always happy to see me. But with Marina Petrovna a funny thing happened, which I want to tell you about now. The occurrence was quite ordinary, but still funny, since thanks to me, Marina Petrovna went completely bald, like the palm of a hand. Here’s how it happened: one time I visited Marina Petrovna, and then boom! She went bald. Okay, well, that's all.
