My city 2: The terrifying history Zhalovskoy, or the Spider. Dmitry Guéorguiévitch Borrony

Kings! Kings, it is proud the palaces standing on balconies. Their internal furniture, beauty of pictures, frescos in halls of the palace. What can be velichavy more majestic? Perhaps only the Amber room? But where it? It perhaps will never be found? And someone can found, but holds it secretly from others? Who knows? And how many Russians in Paris? Running ы the seventeenth year from the approaching socialism. How many them here? Not to count! – Natalia made a pause in the reasonings, and assumed. – France can it is so good because in it there are a lot of Russian people? Knowing what is honor and the word of the officer? It is quite possible. The Russian people differ from the Soviet citizens. Yes. – she unexpectedly concluded for herself. – It so it also is. Present France, this partly merit and officers of its Majesty of Nikolay the second. – They approached the Eiffel Tower. Natalia paid off the taxi driver, and went to her, the Eiffel Tower. Having bought the ticket, it passed in the elevator, and having risen by the osmotrovy platform, went out of the elevator. At this moment fresh clean air struck with it in a face. Her brains were filled with euphoria, she deeply sighed, and having extended hands before herself, told. – freedom! – Then she exclaimed. – FREEDOM! AS it is FINE, FREEDOM! – she could not think of anything, her brain gave the command – relax, have a rest from everything that collected for all these years! Did you long wait for it? You deserved it. – in it it is a high time as if flushed as a butterfly of soul. It soared in the clear clear sky, over all these points below. – What they are small? – she thought. – These points. – she burst out laughing, approached the region of the osmotrovy platform, leaned the elbows on a handrail, and having waved with one hand that whom she saw below, shouted: – Hey you, there below! What do you go there? Go here! Here it is so fine! – in it she is a high time heard reaching it sounds of church bells. She looked round, and saw in the distance Notre Dame de Paris. – here it was occurred by Victor Hugo at once. Its novel which is perhaps based on the real facts from life of this cathedral. Notre Dame de Paris. She immediately remembered Gipsy Esmeralda, the monk Frodo, and of course the humpback, how without him? Paris! How many secrets does he hide? How many still will present to us to learn about it and about all France? – Hey! I here! – Nina exclaimed that was urine. Looking at cathedral. Then she thought. – Freedom! This it is so fine! – She did not see around herself anything. It was alone with by itself and with freedom wind her foaming brain. Everything was fine these minutes. She forgot about everything. Now it did all this for itself. It was not to anybody any put. Her soul soared in freedom to this osmotrovy platform of the Eiffel Tower. She was happy. An instant of the fine stupefying happiness of a fine female soul. The soul which broke loose, and soaring now under clouds on this osmotrovy platform, clean air of freedom.

      In it it is a high time the woman approached it, and told it that it draws attention. What she answered that to it all the same. It on freedom and it all the same that look at it.

      – Yes. – the woman told. – Freedom is always fine. – then she added. – Unfortunately, it sometimes plays with us a mean joke.

      Having felt that here something not so, Natalia ceased to smile. The mask of bezustolny desire of happiness of joy which flitted in her soul descended from her face. She looked at the stranger, and asked.

      – And in what actually business?

      The unfamiliar woman reminded Natalia is absolutely serious.

      – Do not forget your purpose a task. – then she added. – Councils of traitors do not forgive.

      Natalia became absolutely serious. She precisely knew now who she is? The woman standing near her. It flew with it by that plane that landed at Charles De Gaulle's airport. Yes, it flew together with it, and perhaps only it. Perhaps still someone flew together with them. Now someone watches them? Natalia thought. – What is it? Mistrust? What occurs Oh, damn? – she did not understand. – What this, check? Check which I failed? And this can just the assistant? But there I about it was told nothing. – She made a pause, then came to a conclusion. – It is a tail. If that, then these people will help me to come round. Means, I for them an expendable material. – She understood. If I am for them valuable an employee, then they would not approach me. They watched me, but would not find themselves in any way. In what I was involved? – she did not understand. – In what did I walk smack? – she asked the stranger. – Who are you?

      What that answered.

      – It is not essential. – she told, and then reminded. – Do not forget, your plane soon to land. – then it left, was dissolved in crowd of people on the osmotrovy platform of the Eiffel Tower. Having left Nina one смотрящею in crowd to the osmotrovy platform and a little, and even there is nothing without understanding what in general occurs.

      Passed a quarter of hour. Natalia went down from the osmotrovy platform on the elevator. It slowly went along streets of Paris, thinking of something. She wanted to understand something. To understand why it here? Here and that would not be anywhere somewhere else? That its government wants from it. What is it? the Setup for the sake of some purpose, or want to get rid of it? But if they wanted from it to get rid, then why they sent it for a cordon? What this, check? Check before a task? And can do it just adaptation? Probably, it so it also is. Not for nothing this woman approached her. It was in euphoria from freedom from the Iron Curtain, and this woman lowered it on the earth. Yes. So it also is actually. Natalia never went abroad, and these people are put to her in order that it did not remain here forever. And a task a task, it has to execute it. To execute at any cost. She did not notice how on its way the wood appeared. Bologna wood of Paris. She looked at the watch. Time still was enough. She looked round. was around nobody. Uniform live soul. No uniform birdie was heard. The wood stood. It seemed that in it there was something now? Something terrible and awful. Something forcing to tremble before what there was. Natalia felt that this wood pushes away her, warns about something. Suddenly, some force began to attract it to itself. There, to afar, on the road lit with lamps. Paris! Night fell by Paris. Natalia even did not understand how it occurred? Just in the sky there was the sun, and now? Unexpectedly she was called by someone's female voice. Natalia looked back, and, here she costs. Behind it. The same woman, that was with her on the osmotrovy platform of the Eiffel Tower. She said in a low voice. – You are surprised as it is possible? – the woman looked around herself and added. – Isn't that so, perfectly!

      Natalia was shocked. It was in confusion. In confusion because that she saw now. She tried to analyze the events. She tried to analyse all possible options how in general it is possible? But kind of she tried, she did not find the answer to this question. The stranger told. – do not try to understand what occurs? You where have to be and anywhere in other place. – Nina asked. – I died?

      The woman answered.

      – No, you are alive.

      – Who are you?

      – My name is Anabel.

      – Natalia. "however you know it and so" – then she asked. – You from the USSR?

      – No.

      – Then from where you? – Natalia did not understand. – You approached me on the Eiffel Tower. You told me there that I have a task. – If you not because of the Iron Curtain, togas, from where you?

      – You want to know, this it is good. I have to you a conversation too.

      – What conversation?

      Anabel offered.

      – Let's walk on the wood. There nobody will prevent us. Will you accept my offer?

      – I have exit?

      Both women passed on the road of the Bologna wood. They went slowly, quietly speaking with each other. They said about what perhaps will happen in the future to the world. Danger of the approaching wars, the wars in Chechnya. In the close East, about terrorism threat. Women spoke about all this and many other. Natalia did not understand how all this is possible? This woman says about what did not occur yet? About what will be in the future and how it is possible to change this future? However, whether it is possible to change the future if it is predetermined? Perhaps it is also possible to change its its some part, but not all together. The future cannot be changed, it is unchangeable. It is predetermined