Brike did not feel hunger, but wanted to drink. Laurent called the Core. It immediately came from the office.
– Well, how the newborn feels? – He examined it and was satisfied. – Everything is safe. Patience, mademoiselle, and you will dance soon. – He made several orders and left.
Days of «recovery» hung for Brike very heavy. She was an approximate patient: constrained the impatience, lay quietly and carried out all orders. Day when it was raspelenat at last came, but did not allow to speak yet.
– Whether you feel the body? – with some nervousness asked the Core.
Brike lowered eyelids.
– Try to move very carefully fingers standing.
Brike, obviously, tried as on her face tension was expressed, but fingers did not move.
– Obviously, functions of the central nervous system were not quite restored – authoritatively told the Core – but I hope that they will be restored soon, and together with them also the movement will be restored. – About himself thought: «As if Brike did not limp really on both legs».
«It will be restored – as this word strange sounds» – Laurent thought, having remembered a cold corpse on the operating table.
Brike had a new care. Now she for hours was engaged in the fact that she tried to move with fingers standing. Laurent nearly with smaller interest watched it.
And once Laurent joyfully screamed:
– Moves! The thumb on the left leg moves.
Further business went quicker. Also other fingers on hands and legs began to move. Brike could already raise a little hands and legs soon.
Laurent was struck. In the face of it the miracle was made.
«How the Core was criminal – she thought – it is an unusual person. However, brainless Douel it would not manage this double revival of the dead. But nevertheless and the Core the talented person – it was approved also by Douel’s head. Oh, if the Core revived also it! But is not present, he will not make it».
In several days allowed to speak to Brike. It had quite pleasant voice, but a little breaking timbre.
– It will be corrected – assured the Core. – You will sing still.
And Brike tried to sing soon. Laurent was very struck with this singing. Brike sang the top notes by quite squeaky and not really pleasant voice, on average the register the voice sounded very dimly and even got hoarse. But the lower notes were charming. It was an excellent chest contralto.
«Throat sheaves lie above the place of a cut of a neck and belong to Brike – Laurent thought – from where this double voice, different timbres of the upper and lower case? Physiological riddle. Whether it depends on process of rejuvenation of the head of Brike which is more senior than her new body? Or, perhaps, it is somehow connected with violation of functions of the central nervous system? Absolutely it is unclear… It is interesting to know whose this young, graceful body, to what unfortunate head it belonged…»
Laurent, without telling anything to Brike, began to look through issues of newspapers in which lists of the dead at train wreck were published. Soon a note that the famous Italian actress Anjelica Guy following in the train which crashed disappeared completely got to it. Its corpse was not found, and over permission of this riddle newspaper correspondents exercised the wit. Laurent was almost sure that Brike’s head received a body of the died actress.
THE RUN-AWAY EXHIBIT
At last in Brike’s life great day came. The last bandage were removed from it, and professor Kern allowed it to get up.
She rose and, leaning on a hand Laurent, walked about the room. Its movements were not sure and a little gusty. Sometimes it did strange gestures by a hand: to the known limit her hand moved smoothly, then the delay and as if the forced movement passing again into smooth followed.
– All this will pass – with conviction told the Core. A little the small wound on Brike’s foot disturbed only him. The wound began to live slowly. But over time and it began to live so that Brike did not feel pain, even stepping on a sore leg. And in several days Brike already tried to dance.
– I will not understand in what business – she said – some movements are given me freely, and others are complicated. Possibly, I did not get used to operate the new body yet… And it is magnificent! Look at legs, mademoiselle Loran. And growth excellent. Here only these hems on a neck… It is necessary to close them. But this shoulder birthmark is charming, isn’t that so? I will sew a dress of such style that she was visible… No, I am resolutely happy with the body.
«The body! – Laurent thought. – Poor Anjelica Guy!»
Everything that so long constrained in itself Brike, at once broke outside. It threw Laurent requirements, orders, requests for suits, linen, shoes, hats, fashionable magazines, cosmetics accessories.
In a new gray silk dress it was presented by the Core to the head of professor Douel. And as it was the male head, Brike could not but coquet. Also it was very flattered when Douel’s head croaked:
– Perfectly! You perfectly coped with the task, the colleague, I congratulate you!
And the Core under a hand with Brike, shining as newly married, left the room.
– You sit down, mademoiselle – the Core when they came to its office gallantly told.
– I do not know how to me to thank you, mister professor – she told, languidly looking down and then having coquettishly looked on the Core. – You made for me very much… And I can reward nothing you.
– It is also not necessary. I am rewarded more, than you think.
– I am very glad. – And Brike took the Core even more radiant view. – And now allow me to leave… to be discharged from hospital.
– How to leave? From what hospital? – at once did not even understand the Core.
– To leave home. I represent what furor will be created by my emergence among girlfriends!
It is going to leave! The core did not allow a thought of it. He did huge work, resolved the most difficult task, made impossible at all not in order that Brike created a furor among the thoughtless girlfriends. He wanted to create a furor Brike’s demonstration before scientific society. Subsequently he, maybe, will also give it some freedom, but now there is nothing and to think of it.
– Unfortunately, I cannot release you, mademoiselle Brike. You have to remain still some time in my house, under my observation.
– But what for? I feel perfectly – she objected, playing a hand.
– Yes, but to you can become worse.
– Then I will come to you.
– Allow me to know better when you can leave from here – already sharply told the Core. – Do not forget, than you would be without me.
– I already thanked you for it. But I am not a girl and not the slave and I can dispose of myself!
«Oho and it with character!» – with surprise the Core thought.
– Well, we still will talk about it – he told. – For now all right to go to the room. John probably already brought you broth.
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