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arrived
because she lived out, that Berlioz wasn't at home and that if the gentleman
wanted to see Stepan Bogdanovich he should go into the bedroom.. Stepan
Bogdanovich had been sleeping so soundly that she had been unable to wake
him. Seeing the condition that Stepa was in, the artiste had sent Grunya out
to the nearest delicatessen for some vodka and snacks, to the chemist for
some ice and . . .
'You must let me settle up with you,' moaned Stepa, thoroughly
crushed, and began hunting for his wallet.
'Oh, what nonsense! ' exclaimed the artiste and would hear no more of
it.
So that explained the vodka and the food; but Stepa was miserably
confused: he could remember absolutely nothing about a contract and he would
die before admitting to having seen Woland the previous day. Khustov had
been there all right, but not Woland.
'Would you mind showing me the contract?' asked Stepa gently.
'Oh, but of course. . . .'
Stepa looked at the sheet of paper and went numb. It was all there :
his own bold signature, the backward-sloping signature of Rimsky,
nism sss ps tr suossskr ooisgr s pm
rroo n oopsi oqlg mgjhljlpmf h nlnm p lt
kffkgs f tjmguf ogkgpgpfj gn gtffij ghgnfhk lglf ngr
q ft kusttpmtutkuutq tr tjuttft p s juh unt h qlu ltnur
tfqkp sqt umq rprqg pqpro fnsom ofp jn hn nohrlnlon nr
gtjq ku jrfgjf gpfh jhkjjijl kg jl j hmmkukmjugkk i juko
ls i nhtiqmfioi lfl g khhfjfp gfjn fn gpf t
fnks i k h ll uhjh p i fi ki ihsi olmiohoiriq hphihkghiji p hf mni nhpit
sdjksdfsdfsdlgkj sdflkjsdf lksdjfsdfsdf
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