Tales From a Far CountryChapter 23 Being Philosophical
BIRDSONG IN THE MORNING "Tolya?" "Mmmm?" "How is Vyera getting on with her research?" Such a question! It is early morning and Anatoly and Sveta are in bed together. Sveta is awake but that is far more than you could say for Anatoly. To be shaken out of sleep and interrogated about a slave's research project at this time in the morning. For goodness sake! "What? Er ... I ... er ... I don't know. I have not spoken to Mendeleyev for ... er ... a while. I have been thinking about...