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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Adam i Eva \\
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~P{p1}esa v chetyrekh aktakh \\
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mikhail Bulgakov \\
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Uchast{p1} smel{p1}chakov, schitavshikh, chto gaza boyat{p1}sya
nichego, vsegda byla odinakova -- smert{p1}! \\
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Boevye gazy"\\
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... i ne budu bol{p1}she porazhat{p1} vsego zhivushchego, kak Ya sdelal:
vpred{p1} vo vse dni Zemli seyanie i zhatva ne prekratyat$\!\,$sya.\\
~~~~~~~~~~~"Iz neizvestno\u{i} knigi, na\u{i}denno\u{i} Markizovym"\\
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De\u{i}stvuyushchie Litsa:\\
Eva Vo\u{i}kevich, 23 let.\\
Adam Nikolaevich Krasovski\u{i}, inzhener, 28 let.\\
Efrosimov Aleksandr Ippolitovich, akademik, 41 goda.\\
Daragan Andre\u{i} Fedorovich, aviator, 37 let.\\
Ponchik-Nepobeda, literator, 35 let.\\
Zakhar Sevast{p1}yanovich Markizov, izgnanny\u{i} iz profsoyuza, 32 let.\\
Anya, domrabotnitsa, let 23.\\
Tuller 1-\u{i}, dvoyurodnye brat{p1}ya.\\
Tuller 2-\u{i}, dvoyurodnye brat{p1}ya.\\
Klavdiya Petrovna, vrach-psikhiatr, let 35.\\
Mariya Viru{e1}s, let 28, zhenshchina-aviator.\\
Zeval{p1}d, aviator.\\
Pavlov, aviator.\\
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~~~~~~~~~~Akt Pervy\u{i}\\
Ma\u{i} v Leningrade. Komnata v pervom {e1}tazhe, i okno otkryto vo dvor.
Naibolee primechatel{p1}no\u{i} chast{p1}yu obstanovki yavlyaet$\!\,$sya
visyashchaya nad stolom lampa pod gustym abazhurom. Pod ne\u{i} khorosho
pas{p1}ans raskladyvat{p1}, no vsyakaya mysl{p1} o pas{p1}yansakh
isklyuchaet$\!\,$sya, lish{p1} tol{p1}ko u lampy poyavlyaet$\!\,$sya litso
Efrosimova. Takzhe zameten gromkogovoritel{p1}, iz kotorogo techet
zvuchno i myagko "Faust" iz Mariinskogo teatra. Vo dvore izredka slyshna garmonika.\\
Ryadom s komnato\u{i} perednyaya s telefonom.\\
~~Adam (tseluya Evu). A chudnaya opera {e1}tot "Faust". A ty menya lyubish{p1}?\\
~~Eva. Lyublyu.\\
~~Adam. Segodnya "Faust", a zavtra vecherom my edem na Zeleny\u{i} Mys! Ya
schastliv! Kogda stoyal v ocheredi za biletami, ves{p1} pokrylsya goryachim
potom i ponyal, chto zhizn{p1} prekrasna! ...\\
~~Anya (vkhodit vnezapno). Akh ...\\
~~Adam. Anya! Vy khot{p1} by {e1}to ... kak {e1}to ... postuchalis{p1}! ...\\
~~Anya. Adam Nikolaevich! Ya dumala, chto vy v kukhne!\\
~~Adam. V kukhne? V kukhne? Zachem zhe ya budu v kukhne sidet{p1}, kogda
"Faust" idet?\\
(Anya rasstavlyaet na stole posudu.)\\
~~Adam. Na poltora mesyatsa na Zeleny\u{i} Mys! (Zhongliruet i razbivaet stakan.)\\
~~Eva. Tak! ...\\
~~Anya. Tak. Stakan chuzho\u{i}! Daraganov stakan.\\
~~Adam. Kuplyu stakan. Kuplyu Daraganu pyat{p1} stakanov.\\
~~Anya. Gde vy kupite? Netu stakanov.\\
~~Adam. Bez paniki! Budut stakany k kontsu pyatiletki! Da ... Vy pravy, Anna
Timofeevna. Imenno v kukhne ya dolzhen byt{p1} se\u{i}chas, ibo ya khotel
vychistit{p1} zheltye tufli. (Skryvaet$\!\,$sya.)\\
~~Anya. Akh, zavidno na vas smotret{p1}, Eva Artem{p1}evna! I
krasivy\u{i}, i inzhener, i kommunist.\\
~~Eva. Znaete, Anyutochka, ya, pozhalu\u{i}, de\u{i}stvitel{p1}no
schastliva. Khotya ... vprochem ... chert ego znaet! ... Da,
pochemu vy ne vykhodite zamuzh, esli vam uzh tak khochet$\!\,$sya?\\
~~Anya. Vse merzavtsy popadayut$\!\,$sya, Eva Artem{p1}evna!
Vsem khoroshie dostalis{p1}, a mne popadet kakaya-nibud{p1} igrushechka,
nu kak v loteree! I p{p1}et, sukin syn! \\
~~Eva. P{p1}et?\\
~~Anya. Sidit v podshtannikakh, v sinem pensne, chitaet
"Grafa Monte-Kristo" i p{p1}et s Kubikom.\\
~~Eva. On neskol{p1}ko khuliganisty\u{i} paren{p1}, no
ochen{p1} original{p1}ny\u{i}.\\
~~Anya. Uzh na chto original{p1}ny\u{i}! Bandit s garmoniko\u{i}.
Net, ne raspishus{p1}. On na proshlo\u{i} nedele pobil byurokrata
iz desyatogo nomera, a ego iz profsoyuza vykinuli. I Baranovu obmanul, alimenty
e\u{i} zastavili platit{p1}. {E1}to zhe ne zhizn{p1}!\\
~~Eva. Net, ya proveryayu sebya, i de\u{i}stvitel{p1}no, ya,
kazhet$\!\,$sya, schastliva.\\
~~Anya. Zato Daragan neschastliv.\\
~~Eva. Uzhe znaet?\\
~~Anya. Ya skazala.\\
~~Eva. Nu, {e1}to svinstvo, Anya!\\
~~Anya. Da chto vy! Ne uznaet on, chto li? On segodnya
sprashivaet: "A chto, Eva pridet vecherom k Adamu?"
A ya govoryu: "Pridet i ostanet$\!\,$sya". -- "Kak?" -- "A tak,
-- govoryu, -- chto oni segodnya raspisalis{p1}!" --
"Kak?!" Aga, aga, pokrasneli? .. Vsyu kvartiru zavlekli!\\
~~Eva. Chto vy vydumayvaete! Kogo ya zavlekala? ..\\
~~Anya. Da uzh budet vam segodnya! Vot i Ponchik yavit$\!\,$sya.
Tozhe vlyublen.\\
~~Eva. Na Zeleny\u{i} Mys! Ne medlya ni sekurndy, zavtra
vecherom v myagkom vagone, i nikakikh Ponchikov!\\
(Anya vymetaet oskolki i vykhodit.)\\
~~Adam (vletaet). A komnata tebe nrabit$\!\,$sya moya?\\
~~Eva. Skoree nravit$\!\,$sya. Da, nravit$\!\,$sya ... \\
(Adam tseluet ee.)\\
~~Eva. Se\u{i}chas Anya vkatit$\!\,$sya ... Pogodi!\\
~~Adam. Nikto, nikto ne pridet! (Tseluet.)\\
(Vnezapno za oknom golosa. Golos Markizova: "Burzhu\u{i}", golos Efrosimova:
"{E1}to khuliganstvo!" Golos Markizova: "Chto? Kto {e1}to tako\u{i} --
khuligan? A?" -- i na podokonnik so dvora vskakivaet Efrosimov.
Vozbuzhden. Dergaet$\!\,$sya. Efrosimov khud, brit, v glazakh tuman, a v tumane
svechki. Odet v velikolepne\u{i}shi\u{i} kostyum, tak chto srazu vidno, chto on
nedavno byl v zagranichno\u{i} komandirovke, a bezukoriznennoe bel{p1}e
Efrosimova pokazyvaet, chto on kholost i sam nikogda ne odevaet$\!\,$sya, a
kakaya-to starukha, uverennaya, chto Efrosimov polubog, a ne chelovek,
utyuzhit, gladit, napominaet, utrom podaet ... Cherez plecho na remne u
Efrosimova malen{p1}ki\u{i} apparat, ne ochen{p1} pokhozhi\u{i} na
fotograficheski\u{i}. Okruzhayushchikh Efrosimov udivlyaet strannymi
intonatsiyami i zhestikulyatsie\u{i}.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Prostite, pozhalu\u{i}sta! ..\\
~~Adam. Chto takoe?\\
~~Efrosimov. Za mno\u{i} gonyat$\!\,$sya p{p1}yanye khuligany!
(Soskakivaet v komnatu.)\\
(Na podokonnike poyavlyaet$\!\,$sya Markizov. On, kak opisala Anya, v
kal{p1}sonakh i v sinem pensne i, nesmotrya na dushny\u{i} vecher, v pal{p1}to s
mekhovym vorotnikom.)\\
~~Markizov. Kto {e1}to khuligan? (V okno.) Grazhdane!
Vy slyshali, chto ya khuligan? (Efrosimovu.) Vot ya se\u{i}chas tebya stuknu po
ukhu, ty uvidish{p1} togda, kto zdes{p1} khuligan!\\
~~Adam. Markizov! Siyu minutu ubira\u{i}tes{p1} iz moe\u{i} komnaty!\\
~~Markizov. On shlyapu nadel? A?\\
~~Efrosimov. Radi boga! On razob{p1}et apparat!\\
~~Eva. Von iz komnaty! (Adamu.) Pozvoni se\u{i}chas zhe v militsiyu!\\
~~Anya (vbezhav). Opyat{p1} Zakhar?\\
~~Markizov. Ya izvinyayus{p1}, Anna Timofeevna! Menya oskorbili, a ne Zakhar!
(Eve.) Militsiyu sobiraetes{p1} po vecheram bespokoit{p1}? Chleny profsoyuza?\\
~~Anya. U\u{i}di, Zakhar!\\
~~Markizov. U\u{i}du-s. (V okno.) Vasen{p1}ka, druzhok! I ty,
Kubik! Vernye sekundanty moi! Stan{p1}te, druz{p1}ya, u
paradnogo khoda. Tut vy\u{i}det iz kvartiry parazit v
sirenevom pidzhake. Alkogolik-fotograf. Ya s nim budu
imet{p1} du{e1}l{p1}. (Efrosimovu.) No ya vam, zagranichny\u{i} graf,
ne sovetuyu vykhodit{p1}! Stav{p1} sebe ko\u{i}ku v {e1}to\u{i} kvartire,
propisyva\u{i}sya u nas v zhakte. Poka. (Skryvaet$\!\,$sya.)\\
(Anya vybegaet.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Ya ob odnom sozhaleyu, chto pri {e1}to\u{i}
stsene ne prisut$\!\,$stvovalo, sovet$\!\,$skoe pravitel{p1}stvo. Chtoby ya
pokazal emu, s kakim materialom ono sobiraet$\!\,$sya postroit{p1} besklassovoe
obshchestvo! ...\\
(V okno vletaet kirpich.)\\
~~Adam. Markizov! Ty syadesh{p1} za khuliganstvo!\\
~~Eva. Akh, kakaya dryan{p1}!\\
~~Efrosimov. Ya -- alkogolik? Ya -- alkogolik? Ya v rot
ne beru nichego spirtnogo, uveryayu vas! Pravda, ya kuryu, ya
ochen{p1} mnogo kuryu! ..\\
~~Eva. Uspoko\u{i}tes{p1}, uspoko\u{i}tes{p1}... Prosto on bezobraznik.\\
~~Efrosimov (dergayas{p1}). Net, ya spokoen! Sovershenno!
Menya smushchaet tol{p1}ko odno, chto ya potrevozhil vas. Skol{p1}ko
zhe {e1}to vremeni mne, v samom dele, sidet{p1} v osade?\\
~~Adam. Nichego, nichego. {E1}ti sekundanty skoro rassosut$\!\,$sya. V
kra\u{i}nem sluchae ya primu mery.\\
~~Efrosimov. Net li u vas ... {e1}to ... kak nazyvaet$\!\,$sya ... vody?\\
~~Eva. Pozhalu\u{i}sta, pozhalu\u{i}sta.\\
~~Efrosimov (napivshis{p1}). Pozvol{p1}te mne predstavit{p1}sya.
Moya familiya ... gm ... Aleksandr Ippolitovich ... A familiyu ya zabyl ... \\
~~Adam. Zabyli svoyu familiyu?\\
~~Efrosimov. Akh, gospodi! {E1}to uzhasno! ... Kak zhe,
chert, familiya? Izvestnaya familiya. Na {e1}r ... na {e1}r ...
Pozvol{p1}te: tsianibrom ... fenill-di-khlor-arsin ... Efrosimov!
Da. Vot kakaya familiya. Efrosimov.\\
~~Adam. Tak, tak, tak ... Pozvol{p1}te. Vy? ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Da, da, imenno. (P{p1}em vodu.) Ya, korotko
govorya, professor khimii i akademik Efrosimov. Vy
nichego ne imeete protiv?\\
~~Eva. My ochen{p1} rady.\\
~~Efrosimov. A vy? K komu ya popal cherez okno?\\
~~Adam. Adam Krasovski\u{i}.\\
~~Efrosimov. Vy -- kommunist?\\
~~Adam. Da. \\
~~Efrosimov. Ochen{p1} khorosho! (Eve.) A vy?\\
~~Eva. Ya -- Eva Vo\u{i}kevich.\\
~~Efrosimov. Kommunistka?\\
~~Eva. Net. Ya -- besparti\u{i}naya.\\
~~Efrosimov. Ochen{p1}, ochen{p1} khorosho. Pozvol{p1}te! Kak
vy nazvali sevya?\\
~~Eva. Eva Vo\u{i}kevich.\\
~~Efrosimov. Ne mozhet byt{p1}!\\
~~Eva. Pochemu?\\
~~Efrozimov. A vy? ... {E1}...\\
~~Eva. {E1}to mo\u{i} muzh. My segodnya pozhenilis{p1}. Nu da, da,
da, Adam i Eva! ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Aga! Ya srazu podmetil. A vy govorite,
chto ya sumasshedshi\u{i}!\\
~~Eva. {E1}togo nikto ne govoril!\\
~~Efrosimov. Ya vizhu, chto vy {e1}to dumaete. No net,
Net! Ne bespoko\u{i}tes{p1}: ya shel po gorodu, {e1}ti ... nu vot,
opyat{p1} zabyl ... nu, malen{p1}kie ... khodyat v shkolu?\\
~~Eva. Deti?\\
~~Efrosimov. Mal{p1}chik! Imenno oni. Svisteli, a
{e1}ti ... nu, kusayut. Ryzhie.\\
~~Adam. Sobaki?\\
~~Efrosimov. Da. Brosalis{p1} na menya, a na uglakh {e1}ti ...\\
~~Adam i Eva. Militsionery!\\
~~Efrosimov. Kosilis{p1} na menya. Vozmozhno, chto ya
shel zigzagami. V vash zhe dom ya popal potomu, chto khotel
videt{p1} professora Buslova, no ego net doma. On ushel na
"Fausta". Razreshite mne tol{p1}ko nemnozhko otdokhnut{p1}. Ya --
izmuchilsya.\\
~~Eva. Pozhalu\u{i}sta, pozhalu\u{i}sta. Zhdite u nas Buslova.\\
~~Adam. Vot my se\u{i}chas zakusim ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Blagodaryu vas! Vy menya prosto ocharovali!\\
~~Adam. {E1}to fotograficheski\u{i} apparat u vas?\\
~~Efrosimov. Net. Akh! Nu da. Konechno, fotograficheski\u{i}. I
znaete, raz uzh sud{p1}ba privela menya k vam, pozvol{p1}te mne vas
snyat{p1}.\\
~~Eva. Ya, pravo ...\\
~~Adam. Ya ne znayu ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Sadites{p1}, sadites{p1}... Da, no, vinovat ... (Adamu.)
U vashe\u{i} zheny khoroshi\u{i} kharakter?\\
~~Adam. Po-moemu, chudny\u{i}.\\
~~Efrosimov. Prekrasno! Snyat{p1}, snyat{p1}! Pust{p1} zhivet.\\
~~Adam (tikho). Nu ego v boloto. Ya ne zhelayu snimat{p1}sya ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Skazhite, Eva, vy lyubite? ...\\
~~Eva. Zhizn{p1}? ... Ya lyublyu zhizn{p1}. Ochen{p1}.\\
~~Efrosimov. Molodets! Molodets! Velikolepno. Sadites{p1}!\\
~~Adam (tikho). K chertu, k chertu, ne khocu ya snimat{p1}sya, on
sumasshedshi\u{i}!\\
~~Eva (tikho). On prosto original, kak vsyaki\u{i} khimik.
Bros{p1}! (Gromko.) Nu, Adam! Ya, nakonets, proshu tebya!\\
(Adam khmuro usazhivaet$\!\,$sya ryadom s Evo\u{i}. V dver{p1} stuchat, no Efrosimov
zanyat apparatom, a Adam i Eva svoimi pozami. V dveryakh poyavlyaet$\!\,$sya
Ponchik-Nepobeda. a na okno ostorozhno vzbiraet$\!\,$sya Markizov.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Vnimanie!\\
(Iz apparata b{p1}et oslepitel{p1}ny\u{i} luch.)\\
~~Ponchik. Akh! (Osleplenny\u{i}, skryvaet$\!\,$sya.)\\
~~Markizov. Akh, chtob tebe! (Skryvaet$\!\,$sya za oknom.)\\
(Luch gasnet.)\\
~~Eva. Vot tak magni\u{i}!\\
~~Ponchik (postuchav vtorichno). Adam, mozhno?\\
~~Adam. Mozhno, mozhno. Vkhodi, Pavel!\\
(Ponchik vkhodit. {E1}to maly\u{i} s blestyashchimi glazkami, v rogovykh ochkakh,
shtanakh do kolsn i kletchatykh chulkakh.)\\
~~Ponchik. Zdorovo, starik! Akh, i Eva zdes{p1}? Snimalis{p1}? Vdvoem?
Khe-khe-khe. Vot kak-s! Ya se\u{i}chas. Tol{p1}ko privedu sebya v
poryadok. (Skryvaet$\!\,$sya.)\\
~~Eva. Vy dadite nam kartochku?\\
~~Efrosimov. O, natural{p1}no, natural{p1}no. Tol{p1}ko ne
teper{p1}, a nemnogo pogodya.\\
~~Adam. Kako\u{i} stranny\u{i} apparat. {E1}to zagranichny\u{i}? V
pervy\u{i} raz vizhu tako\u{i} ... \\
(Poslyshalsya dal{p1}shi\u{i} tosklivy\u{i} vo\u{i} sobaki.)\\
~~Efrosimov (trevozhno). Chego {e1}to sobaka voet? Gm? ...
Vy chem zanimaetes{p1}, Eva ... ?\\
~~Eva. Artem{p1}evna. Ya uchus{p1} na kursakh inostrannykh
yazykov.\\
~~Efrosimov. A vy, Adam?\\
~~Adam. Nikolaevich! Ya -- inzhener.\\
~~Efrosimov. Skazhite mne kakuyu-nibud{p1} prosten{p1}kuyu
formulu, nu k primeru, formulu khloroforma?\\
~~EVa. Ya nikogda i ne znala ee!\\
~~Adam. Vidite li, ya spetsialist po mostam.\\
~~Efrosimov. A, togda {e1}to vzdor ... Vzdor {e1}ti mosty
se\u{i}chas. Bros{p1}te ikh! Nu komu v golovu se\u{i}chas pridet
dumat{p1} o kakikh-to mostakh! Pravo, smeshno ... Nu, vy
zatratite dva goda na postro\u{i}ku mosta, a ya berus{p1} vzorvat{p1} vam
ego v tri minuty. Nu kako\u{i} zhe smysl
tratit{p1} material i vremya. Fu, kak dushno! I pochemu-to
voyut psy! Vy znaete, ya dva mesyatsa prosidel v laboratorii i
segodnya v pervy\u{i} raz vyshel na vozdukh. Vot pochemu
ya tak stranen i stal zabyvat{p1} prostye slova! (Smeet$\!\,$sya.)
No predstavlyayu sebe litsa v Evrope! Adam Nikolaevich,
vy dumaete o tom, chto budet vo\u{i}na?\\
~~Adam. Konechno, dumayu. Ona ochen{p1} vozmozhna, potomu
chto kapitalisticheski\u{i} mir napoen nenavist{p1}yu k sotsializmu.\\
~~Efrosimov. Kapitalisticheski\u{i} mir napoen nenavist{p1}yu k
sotsialisticheskomu miru, a sotsialisticheski\u{i} napoen nenavist{p1}yu
k kapitalisticheskomu, dorogo\u{i} stroitel{p1} mostov,
a formula khloroforma} $CHCl_3$! {\cyr Vo\u{i}na budet
potomu, chto segodnya dushno! Ona budet potomu, chto v
tramvae mne kazhdy\u{i} den{p1} govoryat: "Ish{p1} shlyapu nadel!"
Ona budet potomu, chto pri prochtenii gazet (vynimaet iz
karmana dve gazety) volosy shevelyat$\!\,$sya na golove i
kazhet$\!\,$sya, chto vidish{p1} koshmar. (Ukazyvaet v gazetu.) Chto
napechatano? "Kapitalizm neobkhodimo unichtozhit{p1}". Da?
A tam (ukazyvaet kuda-to vdal{p1}), a tam chto napechatano? A
tam napechatano: "Kommunizm nado unichtozhit{p1}". Koshmar!
Negra ubili na {e1}lektricheskom stule. Sovsem v drugom
meste, chert znaet gde, v Bombe\u{i}sko\u{i} provintsii, kto-to
pererezal telegrafnuyu provoloku, v Yugoslavii kaznili,
strelyali v Ispanii, strelyali v Berline. Zavtra budut
strelyat{p1} v Pensil{p1}vanii. {E1}to son! I devushki s ruzh{p1}yami,
devushki! -- khodyat u menya po ulitse pod oknami i
poyut: "Bintovochka, be\u{i}, be\u{i}, be\u{i} ... burzhuev ne zhale\u{i}!"
Vsyaki\u{i} den{p1}! Pod kotlom plamya, po vode khodyat puzyr{p1}ki.
kako\u{i} zhe, kako\u{i} slepets budet dumat{p1}, chto ona ne zakipit?\\
~~Adaam. Vinovat, professor, ya izvinyayus{p1}! Negr -- {e1}to
odno, a vintovochka, be\u{i} -- {e1}to pravil{p1}no. Vy, professor
Efrosimov, ne mozhete byt{p1} protiv {e1}to\u{i} pesni!\\
~~Efrosimov. Net, ya voobshche protiv peniya na ulitsakh.\\
~~Adam. Ge ... ge ... ge. Odnako! Budet strashny\u{i} vzryv,
no {e1}to posledni\u{i}, ochishchayushchi\u{i} vzryv, potomu chto na
storone SSSR -- velikaya ideya.\\
~~Efrosimov. Ochen{p1} vozmozhno, chto {e1}to velikaya ideya,
no delo v tom, chto v mire est{p1} lyudi s drugo\u{i} idee\u{i},
i ideya ikh zaklyuchaet$\!\,$sya v tom, chtoby vas s vashe\u{i} idee\u{i}
unichtozhit{p1}.\\
~~Adam. Nu, {e1}to my posmotrim!\\
~~Efrosimov. Ochen{p1} boyus{p1}, chto mnogim kak raz
posmotret{p1} nichego ne udast$\!\,$sya! Vse delo v starichkakh! ..\\
~~Eva. Kakikh starichkakh? ...\\
~~Efrosimov (tainstbvenno). Chisten{p1}kie starichki, v
tsilindrakh khodyat ... Po suti dela, starichkam bezrazlichna
kakaya by to ni bylo ideya, za isklyucheniem odno\u{i} -- chtoby
{e1}konomka vovremya podavala kofe. Oni ne priveredlivy! ...
Odin iz nikh sidel, znaete li, v laboratorii i
zanimalsya, ne tolkaemy\u{i} nichem, krome mal{p1}chishesko\u{i}
lyuboznatel{p1}nosti, chepukho\u{i}: nameshal v kolbe razno\u{i}
dryani -- vot vrode {e1}togo khloroforma, Adam Nikolaevich,
serno\u{i} kisloty i prochego -- i stal podogrevat{p1}, chtoby
posmotret{p1}, chto iz {e1}togo vy\u{i}det. Vyshlo iz {e1}togo to, chto
ne uspel on dopit{p1}~svo\u{i} kofe, kak tysyachi lyude\u{i} legli
ryadyshkom na polyakh ... zatem posineli kak slivy, i zatem
ikh vsekh na gruzovikakh svezli v yamu. A interesnee vsego
to, chto oni byli molodye lyudi, Adam, i reshitel{p1}no ne
povinnye ni v kakikh ideyakh. Ya boyus{p1} ide\u{i}! Vsyakaya iz nikh
khorosha sama po sebe, no lish{p1} do togo momenta, poka
starichok-professor ne vooruzhit ee tekhnicheski. Vy --
ideyu, a ucheny\u{i} v dopolnenie k ne\u{i} -- ... mysh{p1}yak! ...\\
~~Eva (pechal{p1}no pod lampo\u{i}). Mne strashno. Teper{p1} ya
znayu, tebya otravyat, mo\u{i} Adam!\\
~~Adam. Ne bo\u{i}sya, Eva, ne bo\u{i}sya! Ya nedenu protivogaz, i
my vstretim ikh!\\
~~Efrosimof. S takim zhe uspekhom vy mozhete nadvinut{p1} shlyapu
na litso! O, mily\u{i} inzhener! Est{p1} tol{p1}ko
odno uzhasnoe slovo, i {e1}to slovo "sverkh". Mogu sebe
predstavit{p1} cheloveka, geroya dazhe, idiota v komnate. No
sverkhidiot? Kak on vyglyadit? Kak p{p1}et cha\u{i}? Kakie
postupki sovershaet? Sverkhgero\u{i}? Ne ponimayu! Bledneet
fantaziya! Ves{p1} vopros v tom, chem budet pakhnut{p1}! Kak ni
bilsya starichok, vsegda chem-nibud{p1} pakhlo, to gorchitse\u{i}, to
mindalem, to gnilo\u{i} kapusto\u{i}, i, nakonets, zapakhlo
nezhno\u{i} geran{p1}yu. {E1}to byl zloveshchi\u{i} zapakh, druz{p1}ya, no {e1}to
ne "sverkh"! "Sverkh" zhe budet, kogda v laboratorii nichem
ne zapakhnet, ne zagremit i bystro pode\u{i}stvuet. Togda
starik postavit na probirke cherny\u{i} krestik, chtoby ne
sputat{p1}, i skazhet: "Ya sdelal, chto umel. Ostal{p1}noe -- vashe
delo. Idei, stolknites{p1}!" (Shepotom.) Tak vot, Adam
Nikolaevich, uzhe ne pakhnet nichem, ne vzryvaet$\!\,$sya i
bystro de\u{i}stvuet.\\
~~Eva. Ya ne zhelayu umirat{p1}! Chto zhe delat{p1}?\\
~~Efrosimov. V zemlyu! Vniz! V preispodnyuyu, o
praroditel{p1}nitsa Eva! Vmesto togo, chtoby stroit{p1} most,
ro\u{i}te podzemny\u{i} gorod i begite vniz!\\
~~Eva. Ya ne zhelayu nichego {e1}togo! Adam, edem skoree na
Zeleny\u{i} Mys!\\
~~Efrosimov. O, ditya moe! Ya rasstroil vas? Nu,
uspoko\u{i}tes{p1}, uspoko\u{i}tes{p1}! Zabud{p1}te obo vsem, chto ya
skazal: vo\u{i}ny ne budet. Vot pochemu: na\u{i}det$\!\,$sya, nakonets,
tot, kto skazhet: esli uzh nel{p1}zya prekratit{p1} potok ide\u{i},
oburevayushchikh, mezhdu prochim, i Adama Nikolaevich, to
nuzhno obuzdat{p1} starichkov. No za nimi s protivogazom ne
ugonish{p1}sya! Trebuet$\!\,$sya chto-to radikal{p1}noe. Smotrite (nakladyvaet
odnu kist{p1} ruki na druguyu), {e1}to kletka chelovecheskogo
tela ... Teper{p1} (sdvigaet pal{p1}tsy) chto proizoshlo? Ta
zhe prezhnyaya kletka, no shcheli mezhdu chastitsami ee ischezli,
a cherez {e1}ti shcheli, Adam Nikolaevich, i pronikal starichok!
Neponyatno? Vse spoko\u{i}no! Poezzha\u{i}te v Zeleny\u{i}
Mys! Blagoslovlyayu vas, Adam i Eva!\\
(V dveryakh besshumno poyavlyaet$\!\,$sya Daragan. On v chernom. Vo vsyu grud{p1} u
nego byshita serebryanaya letnaya ptitsa.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Esli kto-nibud{p1} na\u{i}det {e1}tot sposob sdvinut{p1} pal{p1}tsy,
to, Adam Nikolaevich, khimicheskaya vo\u{i}na ne sostoit$\!\,$sya, a sledovatel{p1}no,
ne sostoit$\!\,$sya i nikakaya vo\u{i}na. No tol{p1}ko ves{p1} vopros v tom,
komu otdat{p1} takoe izobretenie ...\\
~~Daragan (vnezapno). {E1}to samy\u{i} legki\u{i} vopros, professor.
Takoe izobretenie nuzhno nemedlenno otdat{p1} Revvoensovetu
Respubliki ...\\
~~Adam. A, Daragan! Vot, poznakom{p1}tes{p1}: Andre\u{i} Daragan.\\
~~Daragan. Ya znayu professora. Ochen{p1} priyatno.\\
~~Adam. Nu, Daragan. Soznayus{p1} -- my raspisalis{p1} segodnya s Evo\u{i}.\\
~~Daragan. I {e1}to uzhe znayu. Nu chto zhe, pozdravlyayu,
Eva. Pereekhali k nam? Sossedi budem. Ya slushal vas, professor.
Vy prochli nashim komandiram lektsiyu "Ulavlivanie boevykh mysh{p1}yakov".
Kako\u{i} blesk!\\
~~Efrosimov. Akh da, da! ... Kak zhe ... Da chto zhe "ulavlivanie" -- razve
ikh ulovish{p1}?\\
~~Daragan. Priyatno, chto v respublike trudyashchikhsya imeyut$\!\,$sya takie
gromadnye nauchnye sily, kak vy.\\
~~Efrosimov. Blagodaryu vas! A vy chem izvolite zanimat{p1}sya?\\
~~Daragan. Nu, ya chto zh? Sluzhu respublike v dolzhnosti
komandira istrebitel{p1}no\u{i} {e1}skadril{p1}i.\\
~~Efrosimov. Akh, tak, tak ...\\
~~Daragan. Professor, vot vy govorili, chto vozmozhno
takoe izobretenie, kotoroe isklyuchit khimicheskuyu vo\u{i}nu?\\
~~Efrosimov. Da.\\
~~Daragan. Porazitel{p1}no! Vy dazhe sprashivali, kuda ego sdat{p1}?\\
~~Efrosimov (morshchas{p1}). Akh da. {E1}to muchitel{p1}ne\u{i}shi\u{i}
vopros ... Ya polagayu, chto, chtoby spasti chelovechestvo ot
bedy, nuzhno sdat{p1} takoe izobretenie vsem stranam srazu.\\
~~Daragan (temneya). Kak? (Pauza.) Vsem staranam?
Professor, chto vy govorite! Otdat{p1} kapitalisticheskim
stranam izobretenie isklyuchitel{p1}no\u{i} voenno\u{i} vazhnosti?\\
~~Efrosimov. Nu, a kak zhe byt{p1}, po-vashmu?\\
~~Daragan. Ya porazhen. Po-moemu ... Izvinite, professor,
no ya by ne sovetoval vam nigde dazhe proiznosit{p1} {e1}to ... pravo ...\\
(Adam za spino\u{i} Efrsimova delaet znak Daraganu, oboznachayushchi\u{i}:
"Efrosimov ne v svoem ume".)\\
~~Daragan (pokosivshis{p1} na apparat Efrosimova). Vprochem, konechno,
{e1}to vopros ochen{p1} slozhny\u{i} ... A {e1}to prostoe
izobretenie?\\
~~Efrosimov. Ya polagayu, chto ono budet prosto ... sravnitel{p1}no.\\
~~Ponchik (vkhodya s shumom). Privet, tovarishchi, privet! Vot i ya!
Eva! (Tseluet e\u{i} ruku.)\\
~~Eva. Znakom{p1}tes{p1}... \\
~~Ponchik. Literator Ponchik-Nepobeda.\\
~~Efrosimov. Efrosimov.\\
(Vse sadit$\!\,$sya za stol.)\\
~~Ponchik. Pozdrav{p1}te, druz{p1}ya! V Leningrade bol{p1}shaya
literaturnaya novost{p1}...\\
~~Eva. Kakaya?\\
~~Ponchik. Mo\u{i} roman prinyat k pechataniyu ... Dvadtsat{p1} dva
pechatnykh listika. Tak-to-s ...\\
~~Adam. Chita\u{i}!\\
~~Eva. Vot se\u{i}chas zakusim ...\\
~~Ponchik. Mokzhno chitat{p1} i vo vremya edy.\\
~~Adam. U nas tozhe literaturnaya novost{p1}: my, brat,
segodnya raspisalis{p1}...\\
~~Ponchik. Gde?\\
~~Adam. Nu gde ... V zagse ... \\
~~Ponchik. Tak ... (Pauza.) Pozdravlyayu!\\
~~Daragan. A vy gde, professor, zhivete?\\
~~Efrocimov. Ya zhivu ... nu, slovom, nomer shestnadtsaty\u{i} ...
Korichnevy\u{i} dom ... Vinovat ... (Vynimaet zapisnuyu
knizhku.) Aga ... Vot. Ulitsa Zhukovskogo ... Net ... S {e1}tim
nado borot{p1}sya ...\\
~~Daragan. Tol{p1}ko chto prereekhali?\\
~~Efrosimov. Da net, treti\u{i} god zhivu. Zabyl,
ponimaete li, nazvanie ulitsy ...\\
~~EVa. So vsyakim mozhet sluchit{p1}sya!\\
~~Daragan. Ugu ... \\
(Ponchik diko smotorit na Efrosimova.)\\
~~Adam. Nu, roman! Roman!\\
~~Ponchik (vooruzhet$\!\,$sya rukopis{p1}yu, i pod lampo\u{i} srazu
stanovit$\!\,$sya uyutno. Chitaet). "Krasnye Zelenya". Roman.
Glava pervaya. ... Tam, gde nekogda toshchuyu zemlyu borozdili
zemlistye litsa krest{p1}yan knyazya Baryatinskogo, nyne
pokazalis{p1} svezhie shchechki kolkhoznits. -- {E1}kh, Vanya! Vanya! --
zazvenelo na mezhe ..."\\
~~Efrosimov. Tysyachu izvineni\u{i} ... Ya tol{p1}ko odin
vopros: ved{p1} {e1}to bylo napechatano vo vcherashne\u{i} "Vecherke"?\\
~~Ponchik. Ya izvinyayus{p1}, v kako\u{i} "Vecherke"? Ya chitayu
rukopis{p1}!\\
~~Efrosimov. Prostite. (Vynimaet gazetu, pokazyvaet Ponchiku.)\\
~~Ponchik (poglyadev v gazetu). Kakaya svoloch{p1}! A! \\
~~Adam. Kto?\\
~~Ponchik. Mar{p1}in-Poshchin. Vot kto! Net, vy poslusha\u{i}te!
(Chitaet v gazete.) " ... Tam, gde kogda-to khilye polya
obrabatyvali golodnye muzhiki grafa Sheremeteva ... " Akh,
merzavets! (Chitaet.) " ... teper{p1} rabotayut kolkhoznitsy v
krasnykh povyazkakh. -- Egorka! -- zakrichali na polose ... " Cukin
syn!\\
~~Eva. Spisal?\\
~~Ponchik. Kak on mog spisat{p1}? Net! My v odno\u{i}
brigade ezdili v kolkhoz, i on taskalsya so mno\u{i} po
kolkhozu kak ten{p1}, i my videli odin i te zhe kartiny.\\
~~Daragan. A imen{p1}e-to ch{p1}e? Sheremeteva ili
Baryatinskogo?\\
~~Ponchik. Dondukova-Korsakova imen{p1}e.\\
~~Efrosimov. Chto zh! Teper{p1} publike ostanet$\!\,$sya reshit{p1} odno:
u kogo iz dvukh {e1}ti kartiny vyshli luchshe ...\\
~~Ponchik. Tak ... tak ... U kogo luchshe vyshli kartiny ...
U lakirovshchika i primazavshegosya grafomana ili zhe u
Pavla Ponchika-Nepobedy?\\
~~Efrosimov (prostodushno). U grafomana vyshlo luchshe.\\
~~Ponchik. Mersi, Adam, mersi. (Efrosimovu.) Apollon
Akimovich lichno mne v Moskve skazal: "Molodets! Krepki\u{i}
roman!"\\
~~Efrosimov. A kto {e1}to -- Apollon Akimovich?\\
~~Ponchik. Zdras{p1}te! Spasibo, Adam ... Mozhet byt{p1},
grazhdanin ne znaet, kto tako\u{i} Saveli\u{i} Savel{p1}evich?
Mozhet byt{p1}, on "Vo\u{i}ny i mira" ne chital? V Glavlite
nikogda ne byl, no kritikuet!\\
~~Eva. Pavel Apostolovich!\\
~~Daragan. Tovarishchi! Po ryumke vodki!\\
(V peredne\u{i} zvonok telefona. Daragan vybegaet v perednyuyu i
zadergivaet komnatu zanavesom.)\\
~~Daragan. Da ... Ya telefona. (Pauza. Bledneet.) Vyshla uzhe mashina?
(Pauza.) Se\u{i}chas! (Veshaet trubku, zovet tikhon{p1}ko.) Ponchik-
Nepobeda! Ponchik!\\
~~Ponchik (vykhodit v perednyuyu). Chto {e1}to za gus{p1} tako\u{i}?\\
~~Daragan. {E1}to znamenity\u{i} khimik Efrosimov.\\
~~Ponchik. Tak chert ego voz{p1}mi! Mozhet, on v khimii i smyslit ...\\
~~Daragan. Pogodite, Ponchik-Nepobeda, slusha\u{i}te: ya
se\u{i}chas uedu srochno na a{e1}rodrom. Vy zhe sdela\u{i}te sleduyushchee:
nikuda ne zvonya po telefonu i skazav Adamu,
chtoby professor ni v koem sluchae ne vyshel ot$\!\,$suda,
otprav{p1}tes{p1} i soobshchite, pervoe, chto professor Efrosimov,
po moemu podozreniyu, sdelal voennoe velicha\u{i}she\u{i}
vazhnosti otkrytie. Chto {e1}to izobretenie v vide apparata
nadeto na nem. Chto on zdes{p1}. {E1}to raz. Vtoroe, po moemu
podozreniyu, on psikhicheski rasstroen i mozhet natvorit{p1} velicha\u{i}she\u{i}
erundy v smysle zarganitsy ... Tret{p1}e, pust{p1} se\u{i}chas
zhe yavyat$\!\,$sya i proveryat vse {e1}to. Vse. No, Ponchik-
Nepobeda, esli professor s apparatom u\u{i}det ot$\!\,$syuda,
otvechat{p1} budete vy po delu o gosudarstvenno\u{i} izmene.\\
~~Ponchik. Tovarishch Daragan, pomilu\u{i}te ... \\
(Rezki\u{i} stuk v dver{p1}.)\\
~~Daragan (otkryv dver{p1}, govorit). Ne pomiluyu. Edu.
(I ischezaet bez furazhki.)\\
~~Ponchik. Tovarishch Daragan, vy furazhku zabyli!\\
~~Daragan (za dver{p1}yu). Chert s ne\u{i}!\\
~~Ponchik. Vot navyazalas{p1} istoriya na moyu golovu! (Tikhon{p1}ko.)
Adam! Adam!\\
~~Adam (vykhodya v perednyuyu). Chto takoe?\\
~~Ponchik. Slusha\u{i}, Adam. Primi mery, chtoby {e1}tot
chertov khimik nikuda ot tebya so svoim apparatom ne
ushel, poka ya ne vernus{p1}!\\
~~Adam. {E1}to chto oboznachaet?\\
~~Ponchik. My se\u{i}chas s Daraganom dogadalis{p1}, chto na
nem gosudarstvennoe voennoe izobretenie. Apparat!\\
~~Adam. {E1}to fotograficheski\u{i} apparat!\\
~~Ponchik. Kako\u{i} tam chert fotograficheski\u{i}!\\
~~Adam. A-a!\\
~~P{onchik. Ya vernus{p1} ne odin. I pomni: otvechat{p1} budesh{p1} ty!
(Brosaet$\!\,$sya v dver{p1}.)\\
~~Adam (v dver{p1}). Gde Daragan?\\
~~Ponchik (za dver{p1}yu). Ne znayu.\\
~~Adam. Chto za sobachi\u{i} vecher! (Potryasenny\u{i}, vozvrashchaet$\!\,$sya
v komnatu.)\\
~~Eva. A gde Ponchik i Daragan?\\
~~Adam. Oni poshli v magazin.\\
~~Eva. Vot chudaki! Ved{p1} vse zhe est{p1}...\\
~~Adam. Oni se\u{i}chas pridut.\\
(Pauza.)\\
~~Efrosimov (neozhidanno). Bozhe mo\u{i}!. Zhak! Zhak! Akh,
ya durak! Ved{p1} ya zhe zabyl snyat{p1} Zhaka! ... V pervuyu ochered{p1}!
Gospodi! Ved{p1} {e1}to pryamo pomrachenie uma. No ne mozhet
zhe byt{p1}, chtoby vse svalilos{p1} tak vnezapno i siyu minutu.
Uspoko\u{i}te menya, Eva! Chto, "Faust" idet eshche? Akh, akh ...
akh ... (Podkhodit k oknu i nachinaet smotret{p1} v nego.)\\
~~Adam (tikho Eve). Ty schitaesh{p1} ego normal{p1}nym?\\
~~Eva. Ya schitayu ego sovershenno normal{p1}nym.\\
~~Efrosimov. "Faust" idet eshche?\\
~~Eva. Se\u{i}chas. (Otkryvaet gromkogovoritel{p1}, i ottuda
slyshny poslednie takty stseny v khrame, a zatem nachinaet$\!\,$sya
marsh.) Edet.\\
~~Efrosimov. I zachem fiziologu Buslovu "Faust"?\\
~~Eva. Golubchik, Aleksandr Ippolitovich, chto sluchilos{p1}? Perestan{p1}te
tak volnovat{p1}sya, vype\u{i}te vina!\\
~~Efrosimov. Posto\u{i}te, posto\u{i}te! Slyshite, opyat{p1}... \\
~~Adam (trevozhno). Chto? Nu, sobaka zavyla. Ee draznit
garmonika ... \\
~~Efrosimov. Akh net, net. Oni tsely\u{i} den{p1} voyut
segodnya. I esli b vy znali, kak {e1}to menya trevozhit! I ya
uzhe razdiraem mezhdu dvumya zhelaniyami: zhdat{p1} Buslova
ili brosit{p1} ego i bezhat{p1} i Zhaku ...\\
~~Adam. Kto tako\u{i} Zhak?\\
~~Efrosimov. Akh, esli by ne Zhak, ya byl by sovershenno
odinok na {e1}tom svete, potomu chto nel{p1}zya zhe schitat{p1} moyu
tetku, kotoraya gladit sorochki ... Zhak osveshchaet moyu
zhizn{p1}... (Pauza.) Zhak -- {e1}to moya sobaka. Vizhu, idut
chetvero, nesut shchenka i smeyut$\!\,$sya. Okazyvaet$\!\,$sya -- veshat{p1}.
I ya im zaplatil dvenadtsat{p1} ruble\u{i}, chtoby oni ne
veshali ego. Teper{p1} on vzrosly\u{i}, i ya nikogda ne
rasstayus{p1} s nim. V neyadovitye dni on sidit u menya v
laboratorii i on smotrit, kak ya rabotayu. Za chto veshat{p1} sobaku? ...\\
~~Eva. Aleksandr Ippolitovich, vam nepremenno nuzhno
zhenit{p1}sya!\\
~~Efrosimov. Akh, ya ni za chto ne zhenyus{p1}, poka ne
uznayu, pochemu razvylis{p1} sobaki! ... Tak chto zhe, nakonets,
nauchite! Zhdat{p1} li Buslova ili bezhat{p1} k Zhaku? A?\\
~~Eva. Milen{p1}ki\u{i} Aleksandr Ippolitovich! Nel{p1}zya zhe
tak! Nu chto sluchit$\!\,$sya s vashim Zhakom? Ved{p1} {e1}to zhe
prosto -- nevrasteniya! Nu konechno, dozhdat{p1}sya Buslova,
pogovorit{p1} s nim i spoko\u{i}no otpravit{p1}sya domo\u{i} i
lech{p1} spat{p1}!\\
(Zvonok. Adam idet otkryvat{p1}, i vkhodyat Tuller 1-\u{i}, Tuller 2-\u{i} i
Klavdiya Petrovna. Poslednim vkhodit ozabochenny\u{i} Ponchik.)\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Privet, Adam! Uznali o tvoem brakosochetanii
i reshili nagryanut{p1} k tebe -- pozdravit{p1}! Zdorovo ... \\
~~Adam (rasteryan, on vidit Tullera vpervye v zhizni). Zdorovo ... vkhodite! ... \\
(Vkhodyat v komnatu.)\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Znakom{p1} zhe s zheno\u{i}!\\
~~Adam. Vot {e1}to, Eva ... {E1}... \\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Tuller, Adamov drug. Navernoe, on ne
raz rasskazyval obo mne?\\
~~Eva. Net, nichego ne govoril! ... \\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Razbo\u{i}nik! Proshu, znakom{p1}tes{p1}: {e1}to
mo\u{i} dvoyurodny\u{i} brat -- tozhe Tuller!\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. Tuller!\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. My, Eva Artem{p1}evna, vot i Klavdiyu prikhvatili s sobo\u{i}.
Znakom{p1}tes{p1}! Nu, {e1}to prosto uchenaya zhenshchina. Vrach.
Psikhiatr. Vot kak. Tozhe nichego ne
govoril? Khorosh drug! Akh, Adam! (Eve.) Vy ne serdites{p1} na
nezvanykh goste\u{i}?\\
~~Eva. Net, net, zachem zhe? U Adama vsegda ochen{p1} simpatichnye priyateli.
Anya! Anya!\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Net, net, nikakikh khlopot! Mo\u{i} dvoyurodny\u{i}
brat Tuller -- khozya\u{i}stvennik ... \\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. Tuller prav ... (Razvorachivaet svertok.)\\
~~Eva. {E1}to sovershenno naprasno. U nas vse est{p1}.\\
(Vkhodit Anya, e\u{i} peredayut korobki, ona ukhodit.)\\
~~Eva. Ponchik, sadites{p1}! A gde zhe Daragan? Sadites{p1}, tovarishchi!\\
~~Klavdiya. Bozhe, kakaya zhara!\\
~~Eva. Adam, poznakom{p1} zhe ... \\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. S kem? S Aleksandrom Ippolitovichem? Chto vy!
My prekrasno znakomy!\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. Tuller, Aleksandr Ippolitovich tebya
yavno ne uznaet!\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Byt{p1} {e1}togo ne mozhet!\\
~~Efrosimov. Prostite ... Ya, pravo, tak rasseyan ... ya de\u{i}stvitel{p1}no
ne uznayu ...\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. No kak zhe ...\\
~~Klavdiya. Ostav{p1}te, Tuller, v takuyu zharu rodnogobrata ne uznaesh{p1}!
U menya v avguste polozhitel{p1}no plavyat$\!\,$sya mozgi. Akh {e1}tot avgust!\\
~~Efrosimov. Prostite, no se\u{i}chas zhe ved{p1} ne avgust?\\
~~Klavdiya. Kak ne avgust? A kako\u{i} zhe u nas mesyats, po-vashemu?\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Vot tebe raz! Klavdiya ot dukhoty
pomeshalas{p1}! Aleksandr Ippolitovich! Skazhite e\u{i}, boga
radi, kako\u{i} teper{p1} mesyats?\\
~~Efrosimov. Vo vsyakom sluchae, ne avgust, a {e1}tot ...
kak ego ... kak ego ...\\
(Pauza.)\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i} (tikho i znachitel{p1}no). Ma\u{i} u nas v SSSR, Aleksandr
Ippolitovich, ma\u{i} ... (Veselo.) Itak: v proshlom
godu, v {e1}tom zhe mae ... Sestroretsk ... Vy zhili na dache u
vdovy Mar{p1}i Pavlovny Ofitsersko\u{i}, a ya ryadom, u
Kozlovykh. Vy s Zhakom khodili kupat{p1}sya, i ya vashego Zhaka
dazhe snyal odin raz!\\
~~Efrosimov. Vot okaziya ... sovershenno verno: Mar{p1}ya
Pavlovna ... u menya, po-vidimomu, ot$\!\,$shiblo pamyat{p1}!\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. {E1}kh ty, fotograf. Vidno, ty ne
ochen{p1} primechatel{p1}naya lichnost{p1}! Ty luchshe obrati vnimanie,
kako\u{i} u professora zamechatel{p1}ny\u{i} apparat!\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Nu chto ty mne rasskazyvaesh{p1}! {E1}to
zagranichny\u{i} fotograficheski\u{i} apparat!\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Tuller! ...\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. Fotograficheski\u{i}!\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. A ya govoryu -- ne fotograficheski\u{i}!\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. Fo-to-graficheki\u{i}!\\
~~Efrosimov. Vidite li, grazhdanin Tuller, {e1}to ...\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Net, net, professor, ego nado prouchit{p1}.
Pari na pyanadtsat{p1} ruble\u{i} zhelaesh{p1}?\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. Idet!\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Nu-s, professor, kako\u{i} {e1}to apparat?
Fotograficheski\u{i}?\\
~~Efrosimov. Vidite li, {e1}to ne fotograficheski\u{i}
apparat ...\\
~~Eva. Kak?!\\
(Vkhodit Anya i nachinaet vynimat{p1} iz bufeta posudu. V gromkogovoriteli
moshchnye khory s orkestrom poyut: "Rodiny slavu ne posramim! ... ")\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Gop! Vynima\u{i} pyatnadtsat{p1} ruble\u{i}!
{E1}to -- urok!\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. No, pozvol{p1}te, kak zhe, ved{p1} {e1}to zhe
"Gnom"? ... \\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Sam ty gnom!\\
(Vdrug poslyshalsya vizg sobaki, zatem korotki\u{i} vopl{p1} zhenshchiny.\\
~~Anya (ronyaet posudu). Okh! Toshno ... (Padaet i umiraet.) \\
(Za oknami poslyshalis{p1} korotkie, bystro gasnushchie kriki.
Garmonika umolkla.)\\
~~Tuller 1-\u{i}. Akh! ... (Padaet i umiraet.)\\
~~Tuller 2-\u{i}. Bogdanov! Beri apparat! ... (Padaet i umiraet.)\\
~~Klavdiya. Ya pogibla! (Padaet, umiraet.)\\
~~Ponchik. Chto {e1}to takoe? Chto {e1}to takoe?! (Pyatit$\!\,$sya, brosaet$\!\,$sya
bezhat{p1} i ischezaet iz kvartiry, khlopnuv dver{p1}yu.)\\
(Muzyka v gromkogovoritele razvalivaet$\!\,$sya. Slyshen tyazhki\u{i} gul
golosov, no on se\u{i}chas zhe prekrashchaet$\!\,$sya. Nastaet
polnoe molchanie vsyudu.)\\
~~Efrosimov. O, predchuvstvie moe! Zhak! ... (Otchayanno.) Zhak!\\
~~Adam (brosaet$\!\,$sya k Klavdii, vglyadyvaet$\!\,$sya v litso, potom
medlenno idet k Efrosimovu. Stanovit$\!\,$sya strashen). Tak vot chto za apparat? Vy
ubili ikh? (Isstuplenno.) Na pomoshch{p1}! Khvata\u{i}te cheloveka s apparatom!\\
~~Eva. Adam! Chto {e1}to?\\
~~Efrosimov. Bezumny\u{i}! Chto vy! Po\u{i}mite, nakonets! Eva,
otorvite ot menya dikuyu koshku!\\
~~Eva (glyanuv v okno). Okh, chto zhe {e1}to? Adam, glyan{p1} v okno!
Deti lezhat! ... \\
~~Adam (ostaviv Efrosimova, podbegaet k onku). Ob{p2}yasnite, chto {e1}to?\\
~~Efrosimov. {E1}to? (V glazakh u Efrosimova polnye
tumany.) {E1}to? Ideya!! Negr na {e1}lektricheskom stule!
{E1}to -- moya beda! {E1}to -- vintovochka, be\u{i}! {E1}to -- takaya vo\u{i}na!
{E1}to -- solnechny\u{i} gaz! ... \\
~~Adam. Chto? Ne slyshu? Chto? Gaz! (Skhvatyvaet Evu za
ruku.) Za mnoyu! Skoree v podval! Za mno\u{i}! (Tashchit Evu k vykhodu.)\\
~~Eva. Adam, spasi menya!\\
~~Efrosimov. Ostanovites{p1}! Ne begite! Vam nichto
uzhe ne ugrozhaet! Da po\u{i}mite zhe nakonets, chto {e1}tot
apparat spasaet ot gaza! Ya sdelal otkrytie! Ya! Ya!
Efrosimov! Vy spaseny! Sderzhite vashu zhenu, a to ona
so\u{i}det s uma!\\
~~Adam. A oni umerli?\\
~~Efrosimov. Oni umerli.\\
~~Eva. Adam! Adam! (Ukazyvaet na Efrosimova.) On
geni\u{i}! On prorok!\\
~~Efrosimov. Povtori! Geni\u{i}? Geni\u{i}? Kto-nibud{p1},
kto videl zhvykh sredi mertvykh, povtorite ee slova!\\
~~Eva (v pripadke strakha). Boyus{p1} mertvykh! Spasite! V
podval! (Ubegaet.)\\
~~Adam. Kuda ty? Ostanovis{p1}! Ostanovis{p1}! (Ubegaet za
ne\u{i}.)\\
~~Efrosimov (odin). Umerli ... I deti? Deti? Oni
vyrosli by, i u nikh poyavilis{p1} by idei ... Kakie?
Povesit{p1} shchenka? ... A ty, mo\u{i} drug. Kakaya u tebya byla
ideya, krome odno\u{i} -- nikomu ne delat{p1} zla, lezhat{p1} u nog,
smotret{p1} v glaza i sytno est{p1}! ... Za chto zhe veshat{p1} sobakuk? ...\\
(Svet nachinaet medlenno ubyvat{p1}, i v Leningrade nastaet t{p1}ma.)\\
\\
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Zanaves)\\
\\
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Akt Vtoro\u{i}\\
(Bol{p1}sho\u{i} universal{p1}ny\u{i} magazin v Leningrade.
Vnutrennyaya lestnitsa.
Gigant$\!\,$skie stekla vnizu vybity, i v magazine stoit tramva\u{i}, voshedshi\u{i}
v magazin. Mertvaya vagonovozhataya. Na lesenke u polki -- mertvy\u{i}
prodavets s sorochko\u{i} v rukakh. Mertvaya zhenshchina, sklonivshayasya na
prilavok, mertvy\u{i} u vkhoda (umer stoya). No bolee mertvykh net.
Veroyatno, publika iz magazina brosilas{p1} bezhat{p1}, i lyudi umarali na
ulitse. Ves{p1} pol useyan razdavlennymi polupkami.)\\
(V gigant$\!\,$skikh oknakh univermaga ad i ra\u{i}. Ra\u{i} osveshchen
rannim solntsem
vverkhu, a vnizu ad -- dal{p1}nim gustym zarevom. Mezhdu nimi visit dym, i
v nem prizrachnaya kvadriga nad razvalinami i pozharishchami.)\\
(Stoit nastoyashchaya mertvaya tishina.)\\
\\
~~Eva (vkhodit s ulitsy, pro\u{i}dya cherez razbitoe okno. Plat{p1}e
na ne\u{i} razorvano. Eva yavno psikhicheski ushcherblena. Govorit,
obernuvshis{p1} k ulitse). No preduprezhdayu, ya ne ostanus{p1} odna
bolee chetverti chasa! Slyshite? Ya ne men{p1}she Zhaka mogu
rasschityvat{p1} na sozhalenie i vnimanie! Ya -- molodaya
zhenshchina, i, nakonets, ya truslivaya, ya slabaya zhenshchina!
Milen{p1}kie, golubchiki, nu, khorosho, ya vse sdelayu, no
tol{p1}ko ne ukhodite daleko, tak chtoby ya oshchushchala vashe
prisut$\!\,$stvie! Khorosho? A? Ushli! ... (Sadit$\!\,$sya na les$\!\,$tnitse.)
Prezhde vsego zakurit{p1}... Spichki ... (Obrashchaet$\!\,$sya k mertvomu
prodavtsu.) Spichki! (Sharit u nego v karmanakh, vynimaet spichki, zakurivaet.)
Navernoe, ssorilsya s pokupatel{p1}nitse\u{i}? Deti, vozmozhno, est{p1} u
tebya? Nu, ladno ... (Podnimaet$\!\,$sya po lesenke vverkh i nachinaet vybirat{p1} na
polke rubashki.)\\
\\
(Vverkhu slyshen zvuk padeniya, posypalis{p1} na lestnitse stekla, zatem
sverkhu po lestnitse sbegaet Daragan. On do shei zapakovan v
promaslenny\u{i} kostyum. Kostyum {e1}tot razorvan i okronavlen. Na grudi
svetit lampa. Litso Daragana pokryto yazvami, volosy sedye. Daragan
bezhit vniz, sharya v vozdukhe rukami i neverno. On -- slep.)\\
\\
~~Daragan. Ko mne! Ko mne! {E1}\u{i}, tovarishchi! Kto zdes{p1} est{p1}?
Ko mne! (Sbegaet, padaet u podnozhiya lestnitsy.)\\
~~Eva (opomnivshis{p1}, krichit pronzitel{p1}no). Zhivo\u{i}! (Zakryvaet
litso rukami.) Zhivo\u{i}! (Krichit na ulitsu.) Muzhchiny!
Vernites{p1}! Adam! Poyavilsya pervy\u{i} zhivo\u{i}! L\"etchik!
(Daraganu.) Vam pomogut se\u{i}chas! Vy raneny?\\
~~Daragan. Zhenshchina? A? Zhenshina? Govorite gromche,
ya oglokh.\\
~~Eva. Ya -- zhenshchina, da, zhenshchina!\\
~~Daragan. Net, net, ne prikasa\u{i}tes{p1} ko mne! Vo mne
smert{p1}!\\
~~Eva. Mne ne opasen gaz!\\
~~Daragan. Nazad, a to zastrelyu! Gde nakhozhus{p1}?\\
~~Eva. Vy v univermage!\\
~~Daragan. Leningrad? Da?\\
~~Eva. Da, da, da!\\
~~Daragan. Kakogo-nibud{p1} voennogo ko mne! Skoree!
{E1}\u{i}, zhenshchina, voennogo!\\
~~Eva. Zdes{p1} nikogo net!\\
~~Daragan. Berite bumagu i karandash!\\
~~Eva. Net u menya, net! ...\\
~~Daragan. A, chert! Neuzheli nikogo net, krome
negramotno\u{i} uborshchitsy!\\
~~Eva. Vy ne vidite? Ne vidite?\\
~~Daragan. O, glupaya zhenshchina! Ya -- slep. Ya padal slepo\u{i}.
Ne vizhu mira ...\\
~~Eva (uznav). Daragan! Daragan!\\
~~Daragan. O, kak ya stradayu! ... (Lozhit$\!\,$sya.) U menya
yazvy vnutri ... \\
~~Eva. Vy -- Daragan! Daragan!\\
~~Daragan. A? Byt{p1} mozhet ... Skazano -- ne podkhodit{p1} ko
mne? ... Slusha\u{i}te, zhenshchina: ya otravlen, bezumen i
umirayu. Akh! (Stonet.) ... Berite bumagu i karandash! ... Gramotna?\\
~~Eva. Da\u{i}te zhe mne snya{p1} kostyum s vas! Vy okrovavleny!\\
~~Daragan (yarostno). Russki\u{i} yazyk ponyaten? Nazad! Ya opasen!\\
~~Eva. Chto zhe {e1}to takoe? ... Adam ... Adam! ... Vy ne uznaete
menya po golosu?\\
~~Daragan. A? Gromche, gromche, glokhnu ... Pishite:
donoshu ... My sorvali vozdushnye fartuki, i nashi bombovozy
proshli. No v {e1}skadril{p1}e pogibli -- vas, krome
menya, vmeste s apparatami. Krome togo: gorod zazhzhen i
fashist$\!\,$skoe osinoe gnezdo ob{p2}yato plamenem. Plamenem!
Krome togo: ne sushchestvuet bolee trefovy\u{i} opasny\u{i} tuz!
Ego sbil Daragan! No sam Daragan, buduchi otravlen smes{p1}yu,
stal slep i upal v Leningrade. Upav, sluzhbu
Sovetov nesti bolee ne mozhet. On -- kholost. Ya -- kholost.
Pensiyu otdaet gosudarstvu, ibo on, Daragan, odinok. A
orden prosit polozhit{p1} emu v grob. Krome togo, prosit ...
prosit ... dat{p1} znat{p1}... ravyskat{p1}... akh, zabyl ... Eve
dat{p1} znat{p1}, chto Daragan -- chempion mira! Chislo, chas, i v shtab.
(Krichit.) {E1}\u{i}, {e1}\u{i}, tovarishchi! (Voskakivaet, zalamyvaet
ruki, idet.) Kto-nibud{p1}! Vo imya miloserdiya! Zastarelite
menya! Vo imya miloserdiya! Ne mogu perenosit{p1} mucheni\u{i}!
Da\u{i}te mne revol{p1}ver! Pit{p1}! Pit{p1}!\\
~~Eva. Ne dam revol{p1}ver! Pe\u{i}te!\\
~~Daragan (probuet pit{p1} iz flyagi i ne mozhet glotat{p1}).
Revol{p1}ver! (Sharit.) V gondole.\\
~~Eva. Ne dam! Ne dam! Terpite! Se\u{i}chas pridut
muzhchiny!\\
~~Daragan. Vnutri goryu! Pylayu!\\
(V gromkogovoritele vdrug vzryv trub.)\\
~~Eva. Opyat{p1}, opyat{p1} signal! (Krichit.) Otkuda? Otkuda?\\
(Gromkogovoritel{p1} stikhaet.)\\
~~Daragan. Ne podpuskat{p1} ko mne doktorov! Perestrelyayu, gadov!
Pochemu nikto ne szhalit$\!\,$sya nad slepym? Zovite kogo-nibud{p1}! Ili ya,
byt{p1} mozhet, v plenu?\\
~~Eva. Opomnites{p1}! Opomnetes{p1}! Ya -- Eva! Eva! Vy
znaete menya! O, Daragan, ya ne mogu videt{p1} tvoikh
stradani\u{i}! Ya -- Eva!\\
~~Daragan. Ne pomnyu nichego! Ne znayu nikogo! Na pomoshch{p1}!\\
(Poslyshalsya shum avtomobilya.)\\
~~Eva. Oni! Oni! Schast{p1}e! Adam! Adam! Syuda! Syuda!
Zdes{p1} zhivo\u{i} chelovek!\\
(Vbegayut Adam i Efrosimov.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Bozhe pravedny\u{i}!\\
~~Adam. Aleksandr Ippolitovich! {E1}to -- Daragan! Otkuda on?
Otkuda?!\\
~~Eva. On upal zdes{p1} s apparatom s neba!\\
~~Daragan. Nazad vse! Nazad! Smert{p1}! Na mne rosa!\\
~~Efrosimov. Kakim gazom vy otravleny? Kakim gazom?\\
~~Eva. Gromche, gromche! On oglokh ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Oglokh? ... (Peredvigaet knopku v apparate.)\\
~~Daragan. Tovarishch! Donoshu: ya videl dymnye stolby,
ikh bylo bez chisla!\\
~~Eva. On obezumel, mily\u{i} Adam! On ne uznaet nikogo!
Mily\u{i} Adam! Skore\u{i}, a to on umret!\\
(Efrosimov napravlyaet luch iz apparata na Daragana. Tot nekotoroe
vremya lezhit nepodvizhno i stonet, potom ozhivaet i yazvy na ego litse
zatyagivayut$\!\,$sya. Potom sadit$\!\,$sya.)\\
~~Eva (plachet, khvataet Efrosimova za ruki). Mily\u{i},
lyubimy\u{i}, veliki\u{i}, chudny\u{i} chelovek, sirenevy\u{i}, glazki
rastselovat{p1}, glazki rastselovat{p1}! (Gladit golovu Efrosimova,
tseluet.) Kako\u{i} umny\u{i}! ... \\
~~Efrosimov. Aga! Aga! Da\u{i}te mne eshche otravlennogo!
Eshche! (Sharit luchom, navodit ego na mertvogo prodavtsa.)
Net! {E1}tot pogib! Net! Ne budet Zhaka!\\
~~Adam. Professor! Professor! Chto zhe {e1}to vy? A?
Spoko\u{i}no!\\
~~Efrosimov. Da, da, spasibo. Vy pravy ... (Sadit$\!\,$sya.)\\
~~Daragan. Ya prozrel. Ne ponimayu, kak {e1}to sdelano ...
Kto vy takie? (Pauza.) Eva?!\\
~~Eva. Da, {e1}to ya, ya!\\
~~Daragan. Ne stanovites{p1} blizko, ya sam snimu kostyum.
(Snimaet.) Adam?\\
~~Adam. Da, ya.\\
~~Daragan. Da ne sto\u{i}te zhe vozle menya! Otravites{p1}!
Kak vy syuda popali? Akh da, pozvol{p1}te ... Ponimayu: ya upal
syuda, a vy slucha\u{i}no byli v magazine ... Kak zvenit u menya
v golove! Tak vy syuda prishli ... i ...\\
~~Adam. Net, Daragan, {e1}to ne tak.\\
~~Efrosimov. Ne govorite emu srazu pravdy, a to vy
ne spravites{p1} s nim potom ... \\
~~Adam. Da, {e1}to verno.\\
~~Daragan. Net, vprochem, ne vse yasno ... (P{p1}et.)\\
~~Adam. Otkuda ty?\\
~~Daragan. Kogda ya vozvrashchalsya iz ... nu, slovom, kogda
ya zakonchil marsh-manevr, ya vstretil istrebitelya-fashista,
chempiona mira, Asa-Gerra. On vyshel iz oblaka,
i ya uvidel v krugakh ego znak -- trefovy\u{i} tuz!\\
(V gromkogovoritele nachinaet$\!\,$sya voenny\u{i} marsh.)\\
~~Daragan. Pochemu muzyka?\\
~~Eva (zaplakav). Opyat{p1}! Opyat{p1}! {E1}to -- smert{p1} kloch{p1}yami
letaet v mire i to krichit na neizvestnykh yazykakh, to
zvuchit kak muzyka!\\
~~Adam. Eva, zamolchi se\u{i}chas zhe!! (Tryaset ee za plechi.)
Molchat{p1}! Malodushnaya Eva! Esli ty so\u{i}desh{p1} s uma, kto
vylechit tebya?\\
~~Eva. Da, da! (Utikhaet.)\\
~~Daragan. On dymom nachertil mne slovo "kommun",
zatem vystuchal mne "spuska\u{i}sya", a konchil tem, chto
nachertil dymny\u{i} trefovy\u{i} tuz. Ya ponyal signal: kommunist,
pada\u{i}, ya -- As-Gerr, -- i v grudi ya pochuvstvoval kholodny\u{i} veter.
Odnomu iz nas ne letat{p1}. Ya znayu ego
motor, a pulemet ego vypuskaet sorok pul{p1} v sekundu. On
sdelal perekreshchenie shtopora, i povorot Immel{p1}mana, i
bochku -- vse, ot chego u kazhdogo letchika pri vstreche s
Asom-Gerrom serdtse szhimaet$\!\,$sya v komok. U menya ne
szhalos{p1}, a, naoborot, kak budto raspukhlo i otyazhelelo! On
proshel u menya raz v mertvom prostranstve, i v golove u
menya vdrug vse zakipelo, i ya ponyal, chto on obstrelyal
menya i otravil. Ya ne pomnyu, kak ya vyvernulsya, i my
razoshlis{p1}. Tut uzhe, smeyas{p1} i znaya, chto mne uzhe ne letat{p1} bolee,
ya s dal{p1}ne\u{i} distantsii obstrelyal ego i vdrug
uvidel, kak svernul i zadymil Gerr, skol{p1}znul i poshel
vniz. Potom on letel kak puk goryashche\u{i} solomy i se\u{i}chas
lezhit na dne Nevy ili v Finskom zalive. U menya zhe
zagorelos{p1} vse vnutri, i, slepo\u{i}, ya upal syuda ... On
Efrosimov?\\
(Muzyka v radio prekrashchaet$\!\,$sya.)\\
~~Adam. Da.\\
~~Daragan. Pozvol{p1}te, pozvol{p1}te ... On izobrel, da, on
izobrel apparat ... Idet vo\u{i}na, vy, veroyatno, znaete uzhe,
vprochem? (Oglyadyvaet$\!\,$sya, vidit tramva\u{i}.) Chto {e1}to znachit? ...
(Vstae, podkhodit k vagonovozhato\u{i}, smotrit.) Chto,
mertva? Soshel s rel{p1}s? Bomba? Da? Vedite menya v shtab.\\
~~Adam. Vot chto, Daragan, v Leningrede net ni odnogo
cheloveka.\\
~~Daragan. Kakogo -- ni odnogo cheloveka ... akh, golova
eshche ne yasna ... Ya v kurse del ... Kogda ya vyletel? A? Da,
vchera vecherom, kogda tot chital pro muzhikov kakogo-to
knyazya ... Slusha\u{i}te, voyuet ves{p1} mir! ...\\
~~Eva. Daragan, v Leningrade net nikogo, krome nas!
Tol{p1}ko slusha\u{i} spoko\u{i}no, chtoby ne so\u{i}ti s uma.\\
~~Daragan (vyalo). Kuda zhe vse devalis{p1}?\\
~~Eva. Vchera vecherom, lish{p1} tol{p1}ko vy ischezli, prishel
gaz i zadushil vsekh.\\
~~Efrosimov. Ostalis{p1} Eva i ee Adam i ya! ... \\
~~Daragan. Eva, Adam! ... Mezhdu prochim, vy i vchera
uzhe pokazalis{p1} mne strannym! Dushevnobol{p1}nym.\\
~~Efrosimov. Net, net, ya nervno rasstroen, no uzh ne
boyus{p1} so\u{i}ti s uma, ya prismotrelsya, a vy bo\u{i}tes{p1}! Ne
duma\u{i}te luchshe ni o chem. Lozhites{p1}, zakuta\u{i}tes{p1}!\\
~~Daragan (krivo usmekhnuvshis{p1}). V leningrade dva
milliona zhitele\u{i} ... Kuda, k chertu! Ya-to bol{p1}she vashego
znayu o nelete ... Ego sprosite! On vam ob{p2}yasnit ... kako\u{i}
gaz nuzhen dlya togo, chtoby zadavit{p1} Leningrad!\\
~~Eva. Znaem, zanem .. (Pokazyvaet krest iz pal{p1}tsev.)
Cherny\u{i} ... (Plachet.)\\
(Daragan oglyadyvaet$\!\,$sya bespoko\u{i}no, chto-to obdumyvaet, idet k oknam.
Pokhodka ego bol{p1}naya. Dolgo smotrit, potom skhvatyvaet$\!\,$sya za golovu.)\\
~~Adam (bespoko\u{i}no). Daragan, Daragan, perestan{p1}...\\
~~Daragan (krichit negromko). Samolet mne! {E1}\u{i}, tovarishchi!
{E1}\u{i}, samolet komandiru! (Sharit v karmanakh, vynimaet
malen{p1}kuyu bonbon{p2}erku, pokazyvaet Efrosimovu.) Vidal?
Vidal? Akh, oni polagali, chto sovet$\!\,$skie kak v polesusliki? Akh, mol,
v laptyakh my? Lykom shity? Dva
milliona? Zavody? Deti? Vidal? Vidal krestik? Skazano -- bez
prikaza Revvoensoverta ne brosat{p1}? Ya otdayu
prikaz -- razvinchiva\u{i}, kida\u{i}!\\
~~Adam. Kuda? Kuda? Kuda?\\
~~Daragan. Ya pryamo! Pryamo! Raz -- v dva scheta, kuda
nuzhno. Ya adres znayu! Kuda posylku otvezti.\\
~~Eva. Adam, Adam, derzhi ego ... \\
~~Daragan (pryachet bonbon{p2}erku, slabeet, sadit$\!\,$sya, govorit
strogo). Pochemu gorod gorit?\\
~~Adam. Tramvai eshche chas khodili, davili drug druga, i
avtomobili s mertvymi shoferami. Benzin gorel!\\
~~Daragan. Kak vy utseleli?\\
~~Adam. Professor prosvetil nas luchom, posle kotorogo
organizm ne vsasyvaet nikakogo gaza.\\
~~Daragan (pripodnimayas{p1}). Gosudarstvenny\u{i} izmennik!\\
~~Eva. Chto vy, chto vy, Daragan!~\\
~~Daragan. Da\u{i}-ka revol{p1}ver!\\
~~Adam. Ne dam.\\
~~Daragan. Chto? (Poshariv, snimaet s vneshnego kostyuma
bombu s rukoyat{p1}yu.) K otvetu, k otvetu professora Efrosimova!
Ya v tot vecher dogadalsya, chto on izobrel! I vot:
skol{p1}ko by lyude\u{i} ni ostalos{p1} v Leningrade, vy dvoe
budete svidetlyami togo, kak professor Efrosimov otvechal
Daraganu! Kazhis{p1}, on zlode\u{i}!\\
~~Efrosimov (shevel{p1}nuvshis{p1}). Chto takoe?\\
~~Daragan. Ne obizha\u{i}tes{p1}! Se\u{i}chas uznaem. No esli
chto neladnoe uznayu, vy vykhodite iz magazina! Pochemu
vash apparat ne byl sdan vovremya gosudarstvu? \\
~~Efrosimov (vyalo). Ne ponimayu voprosa. Chto znachit -- vovremya?\\
~~Daragan. Otvechat{p1}!\\
~~Eva. Adam! Adam! Da chto zhe ty smotrish{p1}? Professor, chto
zhe vy molchite?\\
~~Adam. Ya zapreshchayu! Prikazyvayu polozhit{p1} bombu.\\
~~Daragan. Kto ty takov, chtob zapreshchat{p1} mne?\\
~~Adam. Ya -- pervy\u{i} chelovek, utselevshi\u{i} v Leningrade,
partiets Adam Krasovski\u{i} -- prinyal na sebya vlast{p1} v
Leningrade, i delo {e1}to ya uzhe razobral. Zapreshchayu
napadat{p1} na Efrosimova! A vy, professor, skazhite emu,
chtoby ego uspokoit{p1}.\\
~~Efrosimov. On menya ... kak {e1}to ... ispugal ...\\
~~Eva. Vy ispugali ego.\\
~~Efrosimov. Otkrytie ya sdelal pervogo maya i
uznal, chto ya vyvel iz storoya vse otravlyayushchie veshchestva --
ikh mozhno bylo sdavat{p1} v sara\u{i}. Zhivotnaya kletka ne
tol{p1}ko ne pogloshchala posle prosvechivaniya nikakogo
otravlyayushchego veshchestva, no bolee togo -- esli dazhe organizm byl
otravlen, zhivoe sushchestvo eshche mozhno bylo
spasti, esli tol{p1}ko ono ne umerlo. Togda ya ponyal, chto ne
budet gazovo\u{i} vo\u{i}. Ya prosvetil sebya. No tol{p1}ko
pyatnadtsatogo utrom master prines mne korobku, kuda ya
vmontiroval rastvor permanganata v steklakh i polyarizovanny\u{i}
luch. Ya vyshel na ulitsu i k vecheru byl u Adama.
A cherez chas posle moego prikhoda byl otravlen Leningrad.\\
~~Daragan. No vy khoteli {e1}tot luch otdat{p1} za granitsu?\\
~~Efrosimov. Ya mogu khotet{p1} vse, chto ya khochu.\\
~~Daragan. (Lozhas{p1}). Poslusha\u{i}, Adam, chto govorit
spetsialist. Ya oslabel. Menya pronizyvaet drozh{p1}... A
mezhdu tem ya dolzhen vstat{p1} i letet{p1}... No operenie moe,
operenie moe! Tselo li ono? Kosti moi raslomany! No
vnutri ya uzhe bol{p1}she ne goryu. No kak zhe, kak zhe tak? My
zhe vstretili ikh {e1}skadril{p1}no nad Kronshtadtom i raznesli
ee ...\\
~~Adam (naklonyayas{p1} k Daraganu). Daragan, {e1}to byli ne
te. Te proshli v stratosfere, vyshe.\\
~~Daragan. Nu, ladno ... Ya polechu ... Ya polechu.\\
~~Efrosimov. Vy nikuda ne poletite, istrebitel{p1}!
Da i nezachem vam letet{p1}! ... Vse koncheno ...\\
~~Daragan. Chem koncheno?! Ya khochu znat{p1}, chem {e1}to
koncheno! I znayu, chem {e1}to konchit$\!\,$sya. Molchite!\\
~~Efrosimov. Ne tol{p1}ko letet{p1}, no vam nel{p1}zya dazhe
sidet{p1}... Vy budete lezhat{p1}, istrebitel{p1}, dolgo, esli ne
khotite pogibnut{p1}.\\
~~Daragan. Vozle menya nikogda ne bylo zhenshchiny, ya
khotel by lezhat{p1} v chisto\u{i} posteli i chtoby cha\u{i} s limonom
stoyal na stule. Ya bolen! ... A otlezhavshis{p1}, ya podnimus{p1} na
shest{p1} tysyach, pod samy\u{i} potolok, i na zakate ... (Adamu.)
Moskva?\\
~~Adam. Moskva molchit!\\
~~Eva. I my slyshim tol{p1}ko obryvki muzyki i nesvyaznye
slova na raznykh yazykakh! Voyuyut vo vsekh stranakh.
Mezhdu sobo\u{i}.\\
~~Adam. Na rassvete my sdelali pyat{p1}desyat kilometrov
na mashine i videli tol{p1}ko trupy i oskolki steklyanno\u{i}
bomby, a Efrosimov govorit, chto v ne\u{i} batsilly chumy. \\
~~Daragan. Zdorovo! No bol{p1}she slushat{p1} ne khochu.
Nichego ne govorite mne bol{p1}she! (Pauza. Ukazyvaya na
Adam.) Pust{p1} on rasporyazhat$\!\,$sya i ya podchinyayus{p1} emu.\\
~~Adam. Eva, pomogi mne podnyat{p1} ego.\\
(Podnimayut Daragana. Eva podkhvatyvaet uzel.)\\
~~Daragan. Kuda?\\
~~Adam. V lesa. Za benzinom.\\
~~Daragan. I za samoletom!\\
~~Adam. Nu, ladno, edem. Mozhet byt{p1}, proberemsya na
a{e1}rodrom. Potom vernemsya syuda, chtoby vzyat{p1} meloch{p1}. I
von! A to my vovse ne vyvernemsya! ... \\
(Ukhodit.)\\
(Dolgaya pauza. Slyshno, kak zastuchala mashina i ushla. Cherez nekotoroe
vremya v magazin vbegaet Ponchik-Nepobeda. Pidzhak na nem razorvan. On
v gryazi.)\\
~~Ponchik (v bezumii). Samoe glavnoe -- sokhranit{p1} um i
ne dumat{p1} i ne lomat{p1} golovu nad tem, pochemu ya ostalsya
zhit{p1} odin. Gospodi! Gospodi! (Krestit$\!\,$sya.) Prosti menya
za to, chto ya sotrudnichal v "Bezbozhnike". Prosti,
dorogo\u{i} Gospodi! Pered lyud{p1}mi ya mog by otperet{p1}sya, tak
kak podpisyvalsya psevdonimom, no tebe ne sovru -- {e1}to
byl imenno ya! Ya sotrudnichal v "Bezbozhnike" po legko-mysliyu.
Skazhu tebe odnomu, Gospodi, chto ya veruyushchi\u{i}
chelovek do mozga koste\u{i} i nenavizhu kommunizm. I dayu
tebe obeshchanie pered litsom mertvykh, esli ty nauchish{p1} menya,
kak u\u{i}ti iz goroda i sokhranit{p1} zhizn{p1}, -- ya ...
(Vynimaet rukopis{p1}.) Mater{p1} Bozhiya, no na kolkhozy ty ne
v pretenzii? ... Nu chto osobennogo? Nu, muzhiki byli
porozn{p1}, nu, a teper{p1} budut vmeste. Kakaya raznitsa,
Gospodi? Ne propadut oni, okayannye! Vozzri, o Gospodi,
na pogibayushchego raba tvoego Ponchika-Nepobedu, spasi
ego! Ya pravoslavny\u{i}, Gospodi, i ded mo\u{i} sluzhil v
konsistorii. (Podnimaet$\!\,$sya s kolen.) Chto zh {e1}to so mno\u{i}?
Ya, kazhet$\!\,$sya, svikhnulsya so strakhu, priznayus{p1}, v {e1}tom.
(Vskrikivaet.) Ne svodite menya s uma! Chego ya ishchu?
Khot{p1} by odin chelovek, kotory\u{i} nauchil by ...\\
(Slyshen slaby\u{i} dal{p1}ni\u{i} krik Markizova: "Pomogite! ... ")\\
~~Ponchik. Ne mozhet byt{p1}! {E1}to mereshchit$\!\,$sya mne! Net zhivykh v
Leningrade!\\
(Markizov vpolzaet v magazin. Za spino\u{i} u nego kotomka, odna noga
obnazhena, i vodno, chto stupnya pokryta yazvami.)\\
~~Markizov. Vot, dotashchilsya ... Zdes{p1} i pomru ... Mne
bol{p1}no! Ya oblivayus{p1} slezami, a pomoch{p1} mne nekomu, gniet
noga! Vsekh ubili srazu, a menya s mucheniyami. A za chto? Nu
i budu krichat{p1}, kak neschastny\u{i} uznik, poka ne izo\u{i}du
krikom. (Krichit slabo.) Pomogite!\\
~~Ponchik. Chelovek! Zhivo\u{i}! Doshla moya molitva!
(brosaet$\!\,$sya k Markizovu, obnimaet ego.) Da vy Markizov?\\
~~Markizov. Ya, ya -- Markizov! Vot vidite, grazhdanin,
pogibayu! (Obnimaet Ponchika i plachet.)\\
~~Ponchik. Net, stalo byt{p1}, ya ne sumasshedshi\u{i}. Ya uznal
vas! A vy menya?\\
~~Markizov. Vy kto zhe budete?\\
~~Ponchik. Da kak zhe vy ne uznaete menya, bozhe ty
mo\u{i}! Uzna\u{i}te, umolyayu! Mne stanet legche ...\\
~~Markizov. Ya pochemu-to vizhu plokho, grazhdanin.\\
~~Ponchik. Ya -- Ponchik-Nepobeda, izvestne\u{i}shi\u{i} literator!
Pripomnite, o bozhe, ved{p1} ya zhe s vami zhil v
odnom dome! Ya vas khorosho pomnyu, vas iz profsoyuza
vykinuli za khuligan ... Nu, slovom, vy -- Markizov! \\
~~Markizov. Za chto menya vygnali iz profsoyuza? Za
chto? Za to, chto ya pobil byurokrata? No a kak zhe, gadinu,
ne bit{p1}? Kto ego nakazhet, krome menya? ... Za to, chto p{p1}yu?
No kak zhe pekaryu ne pit{p1}. Vse pili: i ded, i praded. Za
to, chto knizhki chital, mozhet byt{p1}? A kto pekarya nauchit,
esli on sam ne budet chitat{p1}? Nu, nichego. Poterpite. Sam
izgonyus{p1}. Vot uzh zastilaet vas, grazhdanin, tumanom, i
skoro ya oto\u{i}du ...\\
~~Ponchik. Teper{p1} uzhe o drugom proshu:
sokhranit{p1} zhizn{p1} grazhdaninu Markizovu. Ne za sebya molyus{p1},
za drugogo.\\
~~Markizov. Glyan{p1}te v okno, grazhdanin, i vy uvidite,
chto ni male\u{i}shego boga net. Tut delo vernoe.\\
~~Ponchik. Nu kto zhe, kak ne grozny\u{i} bog, pokaral
greshnuyu zemlyu!\\
~~Markizov (slabo). Net, {e1}to gaz pustili i zadavili
SSSR za kommunizm ... Ne vizhu bol{p1}she nichego ... O, kak
{e1}to zhestoko -- poyavit{p1}sya i pscheznut{p1} opyat{p1}!\\
~~Ponchik. Vstan{p1}te, vstan{p1}te, dorogo\u{i}!\\
(Efrosimov poyavlyaet$\!\,$sya s uzlom i sumko\u{i}. Pri vide Ponchika i
Markizova ostolbenevaet. Ponchik, uvidya Efrosimova, ot radosti
plachet.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Otkuda vy, lyudi? Kak vy okazalis{p1} v Leningrade?\\
~~Ponchik. Professor ... Efrosimov? ... \\
~~Efrosimov (Ponchiku). Pozvol{p1}te, vy byli vecherom
u Adama ... {E1}to vy pisali pro kolkhoznits?\\
~~Ponchik. Nu da. Ya! Ya! Ya -- Ponchik-Nepobeda.\\
~~Efrosimov (naklonyayas{p1} k Markizovu). A {e1}tot? Chto s
nim? {E1}to on, napavshi\u{i} na menya! ... Znachit, vy byli v
moment katastrofy v Leningrade, kak zhe vy utseleli?!\\
~~Markizov (glukho). Ya pobezhal po ulitse, a potom v
podvale sidel, pitalsya sudakom, a teper{p1} pomirayu.\\
~~Efrosimov. A ... stuknula dver{p1}! Vspominayu ... (Ponchiku.)
Otvecha\u{i}te, kogda ya snimal Evu i Adama, vy
pokazalis{p1} v komnate?\\
~~Ponchik. Da, vy menya oslepili!\\
~~Efrosimov. Tak, yasno. (Markizovu.) No vy, vy --
neponyatno ... Kak na vas mog upast{p1} luch? Vas zhe ne bylo v
komnate?\\
~~Markizov (slabo). Luch? A? Ya na okno vlez.\\
~~Efrosimov. A-a-a ... Vot, vot kakaya sud{p1}ba ... (Zazhigaet
luch v apparate, osveshchaet Markizova. Tot shevelit$\!\,$sya,
otkryvaet glaza, sadit$\!\,$sya.) Vy vidite menya?\\
~~Markizov. Teper{p1} vizhu.\\
~~Efrosimov. A noga?\\
~~Markizov. Legche. O ... dyshat{p1} mogu ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Aga. Vy vidite teper{p1}... Vy nazvali
menya burzhuem. No ya ne burzhua, o net! I {e1}to ne
fotograficheski\u{i} apparat. Ya ne fotograf, i ya ne alkogolik!!\\
(V gromkogovoritele slyshna muzyka.)\\
~~Markizov. Vy, grazhdanin, -- ucheny\u{i}. Kako\u{i} zhe vy
alkogolik! Pozvol{p1}te, ya vam ruku potseluyu ... I vam skazhu
stikhi ... Kak budto gradom udaril gaz ... Nad Leningradom,
no ucheny\u{i} menya spas ... Ruku dava\u{i}te!\\
~~Efrosimov. Podite vy k cherty!! Ya nichego ne p{p1}yu.
Ya tol{p1}ko kuryu ...\\
~~Markizov. A\u{i}, zlo\u{i} vy kako\u{i} ... Papirosu? Kurite
na zdorov{p1}e, pozhalu\u{i}sta ...\\
~~Efrosimov (istericheki). Kakoe pravo vy imeete
nazyvat{p1} menya alkogolikom? Kak vy osmelilis{p1} tykat{p1} mne
kulakom v litso?! Ya vsyu zhizn{p1} prosidel v
laboratorii i dazhe ne byl zhenat, a vy, navernoe, uzhe tri raza ...
Vy sami alkogolik! Utverzhdayu {e1}to pri vsekh i vyzyvayu
vas na sud. Ya na vas v sud podam!!\\
~~Ponchik. Professor, chto vy?\\
~~Markizov. Grazhdanin, mile\u{i}shi\u{i} chelovek, uspoko\u{i}sya!
Kakoe tam tri raza! Menya po sudam zataskali, nu,
zaezdili bukval{p1}no. Akh, veliki\u{i} chelovek! Dyshu ya ...
Khlebnite ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Ya ne p{p1}yu.\\
~~Markizov. Kak mozhno ne pit{p1}. Vy pomrete ot
nervov.\\
(Muzyka v gromkogovoritele prekrashchaet$\!\,$sya.)\\
~~Markizov. Ya zh ponimayu ... Ya sam v tramva\u{i} vskochil ... A konduktorsha
mertvaya. A ya e\u{i} grivennik suyu ... (Vlivaet v rot Efrosimovu
vodku.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Vy dyshite svobodno?\\
~~Markizov. Svobodno. (Dyshit.) Sovsem svobodno. A
verite li, ya khotel zarezat{p1}sya ... \\
~~Efrosimov. U vas gangrena.\\
~~Markizov. Kak e\u{i} ne byt{p1}! Eshche by! Vizhu --
gangrena. Nu, do svad{p1}by zazhivet.\\
~~Efrosimov. Gangrena -- po\u{i}mite! Kto otrezhet vam
nogu teper{p1}? Ved{p1} {e1}to mne pridet$\!\,$sya delat{p1}. No ya zhe ne
vrach!\\
~~Markizov. Vam doveryayu ... Rezh{p1}te!\\
~~Efrosimov. Glupets! Nuzhno bylo obeimi nogami na
podokonnik stanovit{p1}sya! Luch ne popal na stupnyu ...\\
~~Markizov. Imenno to zhe samoe ya govoryu ... No
serost{p1}! Serost{p1}! Ya odno\u{i} nogo\u{i} ... Nu, pes s ne\u{i}, s nogo\u{i}!
(Deklamiruet.) Veliki\u{i} chelovek, tebya proslavit
vek!\\
~~Efrosimov. Proshu bez vykrikov ... Derzhite sebya v
rukakh, a to vy svikhnetes{p1}. Berite primer s menya ...\\
~~Ponchik (vnezapno v isstuplenii). Ya trebuyu, chtoby vy
svetili na menya! Pochemu zhe menya zabyli?\\
~~Efrosimov. Da vy s uma soshli! Vy prosvecheny
uzhe, besnovaty\u{i}! Vlade\u{i}te sobo\u{i} ... Da ne khvata\u{i}te
apparat!\\
~~Markizov. Da ne khvata\u{i} apparat, chert! Slomaesh{p1}!\\
~~Ponchik. Da ob{p2}yasnite mne khot{p1}, chto {e1}to za chudo?\\
~~Efrosimov. Akh, nikakogo chuda net. Permanganat i
luch polyarizovanny\u{i} ...\\
~~Markizov. Ponyatno, permanganat ... A ty ne khvata\u{i}
za apparat! Ne troga\u{i}, chego ne ponimaesh{p1}. Akh, dyshu,
dyshu ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Da ne smotrite tak na menya! U vas
oboikh isterichnye glaza. I toshno, i strashno! Bumagi i
karandash, a to ya zabudu, chto nuzhno vzyat{p1} eshche zdes{p1}, v
magazine. Chto {e1}to u vas v karmane?\\
~~Ponchik. Rukopis{p1} moego romana.\\
~~Efrosimov. Akh, ne nado ... K chertyam vashego Apollona
Akimovicha.\\
~~Markizov. Net bumagi. Dava\u{i}! (Beret u Ponchika
rukopis{p1}.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Pishite. {E1}ti, akh, gospodi ... imi rubyat
les!\\
~~Ponchik. Topory?\\
~~Markizov. Topory! ...\\
~~Efrosimov. Topory. Lekarstva ... Berite vse, vse,
chto popadet pod ruku, vse, chto nuzhno dlya zhizni ...\\
(Poslyshalsya shum gruzovika.) \\
~~Efrosimov. Vot oni! Pod{p2}ekhali! (Vybegaet v okno, krichit.) Eva!
Adam! Ya nashel eshche dvukh zhivykh!\\
(V otvet slyshen glukho\u{i} krik Adama.)\\
~~Efrosimov. Da, dvoe zhivykh! Vot oni! (Vybegaet.)\\
~~Ponchik (tseplyayas{p1} za nego). Vy -- vot oni! (Vybegaet za
Efrosimovym.)\\
~~Markizov. My -- vot oni! (Khochet bezhat{p1}, no ne
mozhet.) I na menya, i na menya posmotrite! Ya tozhe
zhivo\u{i}! Ya zhivo\u{i}! Akh net, otbegal ty svoe, Markizov, i
bolee ne pobezhish{p1}... (Krichit.) Menya zh ne bros{p1}te, ne
bros{p1}te menya! Nu, podozhdu!\\
(Besshumno obrushivaet$\!\,$sya tsely\u{i} kvartal v okne, i pokazyvaet$\!\,$sya
vtoraya kolonnada i eshche kakie-to koni v strannom osveshchenii.)\\
~~Markizov. Grazhdane, poglyadite v okno!!\\
~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Zanaves)\\
\\
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Akt Treti\u{i}\\
(Vnutrennost{p1} bol{p1}shogo shatra na opushke vskovogo lesa. Shater napolnen
raznoobraznymi predmetami: tut i obrubki dereva, na kotorykh
sidyat, stol, radiopriemnik, posuda, garmonika, pulemet i pochemu-to
dvortsovoe bogatoe kreslo. Shater sdelan iz chego popalo: brezent, parcha,
shelkovye tkani, kleenka. Bok shatra otkinut, i vidna pylayushchaya za
lesom raduga.)\\
(Markizov, s kostylem, v sinem pensne, sidit v dvortsovom kresle s
obozhzhenno\u{i} i razorvanno\u{i} knigo\u{i} v rukakh.)\\
\\
~~Markizov (chitaet). " ... Nekhorosho byt{p1} cheloveku
odnomu: sotvorim emu pomoshchnika, sootvet$\!\,$stvennogo
emu ..." Teoriya vernaya, da gde zhe ego vzyat{p1}? Dal{p1}she
dyrka. (Chitaet.) " ... I byli oba nagi, Adam i zhena ego, i
ne stydilis{p1}... " Prozhgli knizhku na samom interesnom
meste ... (Chitaet.) " ... Zme\u{i} byl khitree vsekh zvere\u{i} polevykh ... "
I tochka. A dal{p1}she stranitsy vydrany.\\
(Vkhodit Ponchik-Nepobeda. On, kak i Markizov, obros borodo\u{i},
oborvan, morky\u{i} posle dozhdya, sbrasyvaet s plecha okhotnich{p1}e ruzh{p1}e,
shvyryaet v ugol ubituyu ptitsu.)\\
~~Markizov. Pro tebya skazano: "Zme\u{i} byl khitree vsekh zvere\u{i}
polevykh ... "\\
~~Ponchik. Kako\u{i} zme\u{i}? Nu tebya k chertu! Obed gotov?\\
~~Markizov. Cherez polchasika, vashe siyatel{p1}stvo.\\
~~Ponchik. Nu-ka, dava\u{i} po odno\u{i} ryumochke i zakusim ...\\
~~Markizov. Da Adam, ponimaesh{p1} li, vse zapasy
spirta proveryaet ...\\
~~Ponchik. \E-ge-ge. {E1}to uzh on zrya nos suet ne v svoe
delo! Tut kazhdy\u{i} sam sebe Adam po svoemu otdelu. A tebe
udivlyayus{p1}-- ne dava\u{i} sadit{p1}sya sebe na sheyu. Ty zaveduyushchi\u{i}
prodovol{p1}stviem? Ty! Stalo byt{p1}, mozhesh{p1} polnovlastno
rasporyazhat{p1}sya. Ya privyk vypivat{p1} pered
obedom po ryumke i rabotayu ne men{p1}she, esli ne bol{p1}she
drugikh ... Adamov!\\
~~Markizov. Verno, pravil{p1}no, grazhdanin Zme\u{i}!
(Snimaet pensne.)\\
(Vypivayut, zakusyvayut.)\\
~~Ponchik (neozhidanno). Posto\u{i} ... (Podbegaet k radiopriemniku,
zazhigaet lampy, krutit knopki.)\\
~~Markizov. Da netu, netu -- ya tseloe utro slushal.
Pusto, brat Zme\u{i}!\\
~~Ponchik. Ty bros{p1} {e1}tu modu menya zmeem nazyvat{p1}.\\
(Vypivayut.)\\
~~Markizov. Ya bez chteniya -- dolzhen zametit{p1} --
skuchayu ... I kak zhe {e1}to ya "Grafa Monte-Kristo" poseyal, akh ty,
gospodi! Vot podobral v podvale ... Tol{p1}ko vsego i
ostalos{p1} ot knizhki. Da ... Pri {e1}tom pro nashikh pishut:
pro Adama i Evu.\\
~~Ponchik (zaglyanuv v knizhku). Chush{p1} kakaya-nubud{p1} misticheskaya!\\
~~Markizov. Skuchno v pustom mire!\\
~~Ponchik. Ya s radost{p1}yu zamechayu, chto ty rezko
izmenilsya posle gibeli. I vse-taki, chto by ni govorili,
ya pripisyvayu {e1}to svoemu vliyaniyu. Literatura -- {e1}to
velikoe delo!\\
~~Markizov. Ya iz-za nogi izmenilsya. Stal khromo\u{i},
drat{p1}sya ne mogu i iz-za {e1}togo mnogo chitayu, chto popadet
pod ruku. No vot, krome {e1}to\u{i} razorvanno\u{i} knigi, nichego
ne popalos{p1}...\\
~~Ponchik. Tak dava\u{i} eshche raz prochitaem mo\u{i} roman!\\
~~Markizov. Chitali uzhe dva raza ...\\
~~Ponchik. I eshche raz poslusha\u{i}. Ushi u tebya ne
otvalyat$\!\,$sya! (Dostaet rukopus{p1}, chitaet.) " ... Glava pervaya.
Tam, gde nekogda toshchuyu zemlyu borozdili zemlistye, istoshchennye ... "
Ya, vidish{p1} li, popravlyayu postepenno. Vstavil slovo "istoshchennye".
Zvuchit?\\
~~Markizov. Pochemu zh ne zvuchit ... Zvuchit!\\
~~Ponchik. Da-s ... "... istoshchennye litsa krest{p1}yan knyazya
Volkonskogo ... " Posle dolgogo razmyshleniya ya zamenil
knyazya Baryatinskogo -- knyazem Volkonskim ... Zamecha\u{i}!\\
~~Markizov. Ya zametil.\\
~~Ponchik. Uchis{p1}! ... "Volkonskogo, nyne pokazalis{p1} svezhie
shchechki kolkhoznits ... -- {E1}kh, Vanya, Vanya! -- zazvenelo
na mezhe ... "\\
~~Markizov. Stop! Stantsiya! Vot ty, ya ponimayu,
chelovek bol{p1}sho\u{i}. Pishesh{p1} ty zdorovo, u tebya geni\u{i}.
Ob{p2}yasni ty mne, otchego literatura vsegda takaya skuchnaya?\\
~~Ponchik. Durak ty, vot chto ya tebe skazhu!\\
~~Markizov. Za pechatnoe ya ne skazhu. Pechatnoe vsegda
tyanet pochitat{p1}, a kogda literatura ... "{E1}kh, Vanya, Vanya", --
i bolee nichego. Mezha da kolkhoz!\\
~~Ponchik. Gospodi! Kakaya chush{p1} v golove u {e1}togo
cheloveka, skol{p1}ko ego ni uchi! Znachit, po-tvoemu, literatura
tol{p1}ko pisanaya -- da? I pochemu vsegda mezha da
kolkhoz? Mnogo ty chital?\\
~~Markizov. Ya massu chital.\\
~~Ponchik. Kogda khuliganil v Leningrade? To-to tebya
iz soyuza vyperli za chrezmernoe chtenie ...\\
~~Markizov. Chto ty menya vse vremya staraesh{p1}sya
tknut{p1}? Pravil{p1}no pro tebya skazano v knige: "poevo\u{i}
zme\u{i}"! A pro menya bylo tak napechatano (vspominaet):
"Umerlo, graf, moe proshloe".\\
~~Ponchik. Okh, do chego verno skazal poko\u{i}ny\u{i} Apollon
Akimovich na dispute: ne mechite vy, tovarishchi,
bisera pered svin{p1}yami! Istoricheskaya fraza! (Shvyryaet
rukopis{p1}. Vypivaet.)\\
(Pauza.)\\
~~Markizov. Ona ne lyubit ego.\\
~~Ponchik. Kto kogo?\\
~~Markizov (tainstvenno). Eva Adama ne lyubit.\\
~~Ponchik. A tebe kakoe delo?\\
~~Markizov. I ya predvizhu, chto ona polyubit menya.\\
~~Ponchik. Chto takoe?\\
~~Markizov (shepchet). Ona ne lyubit Adama. Ya prokhodil
noch{p1}yu mimo ikh shatra i slyshal, kak ona plakala.\\
~~Ponchik (shepchet). Shataesh{p1}sya po nocham?\\
~~Markizov (shepotom). I Daragana ne lyubit, i tebya ne lyubit, a
veliki\u{i} Efrosimov ... Nu, tak on veliki\u{i}, pri chem on
tut? Stalo byt{p1}, moe schast{p1}e pridet ...\\
~~Ponchik. Odnako ... Vot chto ... Slusha\u{i}: ya togda na
pozhare v bank zavernul v Leningrade -- tam u menya
tekushchi\u{i} schet -- i vynul iz svoego se\u{i}fa. (Vynimaet
pachku.) {E1}to -- dollary. Tysyachu dollarov tebe dayu, chtoby
ty otvalilsya ot {e1}togo dela.\\
~~Markizov. Na ko\u{i} shut mne dollary.\\
~~Ponchik. Ne ver{p1} ni Adamu, ni Daraganu, kogda oni
budut govorit{p1}, chto valyuta teper{p1} nichego ne budet stoit{p1} na
zemnom share. Sovet$\!\,$ski\u{i} rubl{p1}-- ya tebe skazhu po
serketu -- ni cherta ne budet stoit{p1}... Ne bespoko\u{i}sya, tam
(ukazyvaet vdal{p1}) narod ostalsya ... A esli khot{p1} dva cheloveka
ostanut$\!\,$sya, dollary budut stoit{p1} do skonchaniya zhivota.
Vidish{p1}, kako\u{i} starets napechatan na bumazhke? {E1}to vechny\u{i}
starets! S dollarami, kogda Daragan ustanovit soobshchenie
s ostal{p1}nym mirom, ty na tako\u{i} zhenshchine zhenish{p1}sya, chto
vse rty rasstegnut ... {E1}to tebe ne Anya-poko\u{i}nitsa ... A
vozle Evy net tebe mesta, khromo\u{i} chert! Na svete
sushchestuvuyut tol{p1}ko dve sily: dollary i literatura.\\
~~Markizov. Ottesnyayut menya otovsyudu, kaleku! Geniem
menya zabivaesh{p1}! (Pryachet dollary, igraet na garmonike val{p1}s.
Potom brosaet garmoniku.) Chita\u{i} dal{p1}she roman!\\
~~Ponchik. To-to. (Chitaet.) " ... svezhie shchechki kolkhoznits. --
{E1}kh, Vanya, Vanya ... "\\
~~Eva (vnezapno poyavivshis{p1}). Zazvenelo na mezhe! Zakoldovannoe
mesto! No neuzheli, druz{p1}ya, vy mozhete chitat{p1} v
tako\u{i} chas? Kak zhe u vas ne zamiraet serdtse?\\
(Slyshno, kak vzrevel a{e1}roplanny\u{i} motor vdali na polyane.)\\
~~Eva. Slyshite?\\
(Motor umolkaet.)\\
(Eva podkhodit k radio, zazhigaet lampy, vertit knopki,
slushaet.) \\
~~Eva. Nichego, nichego!\\
~~Markizov. Nichego net, ya s utra dezhuryu! (Dostaet
buket.) Vot ya tebe tsvetov nabral, Eva.\\
~~Eva. Dovol{p1}no, Markizych, u menya ves{p1} shater polon
buketami. Ya ne uspevayu ikh ni polivat{p1}, ni vybrasyvat{p1}.\\
~~Ponchik. Sushchaya pravda! I {e1}tot buket, vo-pervykh, na
konski\u{i} khvost pokhozh, a vo-vtorykh, nechego travo\u{i}
zagromozhdat{p1} shater ... (Beret buket iz ruk Markizova i vybrasyvaet.
Govorit tikho.) {E1}to zhul{p1}nichestvo ... Den{p1}gi vzyal?
Amoral{p1}ny\u{i} sub{p2}ekt ... \\
~~Eva. Chto tam takoe?\\
~~Markizov. Nichego, nichego, ya molchu. Ya chelovek
kuplenny\u{i}.\\
~~Eva. Nu vas k chertu, e\u{i}-bogu, oboikh! Vy s vashimi
fokusami v poslednee vremya mne tak naskuchili! Obed
gotov?\\
~~Markizov. Se\u{i}chas sup posmotryu.\\
~~Ponchik. Kok! Posmotri sup, vse golodny.\\
~~Eva. Esli ty khochesh{p1} pomoch{p1} cheloveku, kotory\u{i}
zhelaet uchit{p1}sya, to ne sbiva\u{i} ego. Povar -- ne kok, a kuk.\\
~~Ponchik. Raznye byvayut proiznosheniya.\\
~~Eva. Ne vri.\\
~~Markizov. Povar -- kuk? Zapishu. (Zapisyvaet.) Na
kakom yazyke?\\
~~Eva. Po-angli\u{i}ski.\\
~~Markizov. Tak. Se\u{i}chas. (Ukhodit.)\\
~~Ponchik. Eva, mne nuzhno s tobo\u{i} pogovorit{p1}.\\
~~Eva. Mne ne khotelos{p1} by ...\\
~~Ponchik. Net, ty vyslusha\u{i}!\\
~~Eva. Nu.\\
~~Ponchik. Kto govorit s toboyu v glushi lesov? Kto?
Do katastrofy ya byl ne poslednim chelovekom v sovet$\!\,$sko\u{i}
literature. A teper{p1}, esli Moskva pogibla tak zhe,
kak i severnaya stolitsa, ya edinstvenny\u{i}! Kto znaet,
mozhet byt{p1}, sud{p1}ba menya izbrala dlya togo, chtoby sokhranit{p1} v
pamyati i zapisat{p1} dlya gryadushchikh pokoleni\u{i}
istoriyu gibeli! Ty slushaesh{p1}?\\
~~Eva. Ya slushayu s interesom. Ya dumala, chto ty
budesh{p1} ob{p2}yasnyat{p1}sya v lyubvi, a {e1}to -- s interesom!\\
~~Ponchik (tikho). Ya znayu tvoyu ta\u{i}nu.\\
~~Eva. Kakuyu takuyu ta\u{i}nu? ... \\
~~Ponchik. Ty neschastliva s Adamom.\\
~~Eva. S kako\u{i} storony {e1}to tebya kasaet$\!\,$sya? A krome
togo, otkuda ty {e1}to znaesh{p1}?\\
~~Ponchik. Ya ochen{p1} chasto ne splyu. I znaesh{p1}-- pochemu?
Ya dumayu. Nu vot. Ya slyshal odnazhdy noch{p1}yu tikhi\u{i} zhenski\u{i}
plach. Kto mozhet plakat{p1} zdes{p1}, v proklyatom lesu? Zdes{p1} net
nikako\u{i} zhenshchiny, krome tebya! ... \\
~~Eva. K sozhaleniyu, k sozhaleniyu!\\
~~Ponchik. O chem mozhet plakat{p1} {e1}ta edinsvennaya,
nezhnaya zhenshchina, o moya Eva?\\
~~Eva. Khochu videt{p1} zhivo\u{i} gorod! Gde dyudi?\\
~~Ponchik. Ona stradaet. Ona ne lyubit Adama! (Delaet
popytku obnyat{p1} Evu.)\\
~~Eva (vyalo). Poshel von.\\
~~Ponchik. Ne ponimayu tebya? ... \\
~~Eva. Poshel von.\\
~~Ponchik. I chto oni tam s {e1}tim a{e1}roplanom zastryali?\\
(Vykhodit.)\\
~~Eva (beret naushniki, slushaet). Net, net! ...\\
~~Markizov (vkhodya). Se\u{i}chas budet gotov. A gde
Ponchik?\\
~~Eva. Ya ego vygnala.\\
~~Markizov. Skazhi, pozhalu\u{i}sta ... U menya del{p1}tse est{p1}.
Ser{p1}ezne\u{i}shaya novost{p1}.\\
~~Eva. Ya znayu vse zdeshnie novosti.\\
~~Markizov. Net, ne znaesh{p1}. Sekret. (Tikho.) Ya tebe
skazhu, chto ya chelovek bogaty\u{i}.\\
~~Eva. Ya ponimayu, esli b ot zhary vy s uma skhodili, no
ved{p1} dozhd{p1} byl. A! Ot tebya vodko\u{i} pakhnet!\\
~~Markizov. Kako\u{i} tam vodko\u{i}? ... Valerianku ya pil,
potomu chto u menya boli vozobnovilis{p1}. Slusha\u{i}. Den{p1}gi
budut stoit{p1}. Ty ne ver{p1} ni Adamu, ni Daraganu. Poka
dva cheloveka ostanut$\!\,$sya na zemle. I to torgovat{p1} budut.
Tut uzh ne posporish{p1}... Teoriya! Mezhdu tem ya vychital v
odnom proizvedenii, neizvestnom sovershenno, chto tol{p1}ko
dva cheloveka i byli na zemle -- Adam i Eva. I ochen{p1} lyubili
drug druga. Dal{p1}she chto bylo -- neyasno, potomu
chto knizhka razodrana. Ponimaesh{p1}?\\
~~Eva. Nichego ne ponimayu.\\
~~Markizov. Pogodi. No {e1}ta teoriya zdes{p1} ne podkhodit.
Potomu chto Adama svoego ty ne lyubish{p1}. I tebe
nuzhen drugo\u{i} Adam. Postoronni\u{i}. Ne ori na menya. Ty
dumaesh{p1}, ya s gadost{p1}yu? Net. Ya chelovek tainstvenny\u{i} i
kra\u{i}ne bogaty\u{i}. K nogam tvoim kladu tysyachu dollarov.
Spryach{p1}.\\
~~Eva. Zakhar, gde ty vzyal dollary?\\
~~Markizov. Nakopil za prezhnoyuyu moyu zhizn{p1}.\\
~~Eva. Zakhar, gde ty vzyal dollary? Ty sper dollary v
Leningrade? Beregis{p1}, chtoby Adam ne uznal! Ime\u{i} v
vidu, chto ty maroder! Zakhar, akh, Zakhr!\\
~~Markizov. Vot ube\u{i}te, ya ne per ikh.\\
~~Eva. A-a! Nu, togda Ponchik dal. Ponchik?\\
~~Markizov. Ponchik-Nepobeda.\\
~~Eva. Za chto?\\
(Pauza.)\\
~~Eva. Nu?!.\\
~~Markizov. Chtoby ya ot tebya otvalilsya.\\
~~Eva. A ty mne ikh prines. Trogatel{p1}nye kombinatory.
Nu, vyslusha\u{i} zhe: ty ponimaesh{p1}, chto vy zhenshchinu
zamuchili? Ya splyu, i kazhduyu noch{p1} ya vizhu odin lyubimy\u{i}
son: cherny\u{i} kon{p1}, i nepremenno s cherno\u{i} grivo\u{i}, unosit
menya iz {e1}tikh lesov! O, neschastnaya sud{p1}ba! Pochemu
spaslas{p1} tol{p1}ko odna zhenshchina? Pochemu bednaya Anya ne
podvernulas{p1} pod luch? A? Ty by zhenilsya na ne\u{i} i byl
schastliv! ...\\
(Markizov vskhlipyvaet neozhidanno.)\\
~~Eva. Chego ty? Chego ty? Marikizych, perestan{p1}!\\
~~Markizov. An{p1}ku zadushili!\\
~~Eva. Nu, zabud{p1}, zabud{p1}, Zakhar! Ne sme\u{i} napominat{p1} mne,
a to ya tozhe rasplachus{p1}, nu, chto zhe {e1}to budet?
Dovol{p1}no!\\
(Pauza.)\\
~~Eva. Kon{p1} unosit menya, i ya ne odna ...\\
~~Markizov. A s kem zhe?\\
~~Eva. Net, net, ya poshutila ... Zabud{p1}. Vo vsyakom sluchae,
Markizov, ty neplokho\u{i} chelovek, i dava\u{i} zaklyuchim
dogovor -- ty ne budesh{p1} bolee menya presledovat{p1}? Neuzheli
ty khochesh{p1}, chtoby ya umerla v lesakh?\\
~~Markizov. O net, Eva, chto ty, chto ty! ...\\
~~Eva. Da, kstati: Zakhar, zachem ty nadevaesh{p1} uzhasne\u{i}shee
sinee pensne?\\
~~Markizov. U menya zrenie slaboe, i ya, krome togo, ne
khuzhe drugikh uchenykh.\\
~~Eva. Vse vran{p1}e naschet zreniya. Po\u{i}mi, chto ty
delaesh{p1}sya pokhozh ne na uchenogo, a na kakogo-to zhulika.
Dayu dobry\u{i} sovet -- vybrosi ego.\\
~~Markizov. Dobry\u{i}?\\
~~Eva. Dobry\u{i}.\\
~~Markizov. Na. (Podaet pensne.)\\
(Eva vybrasyvaet pensne. Opyat{p1} poslyshalsya motor.)\\
~~Eva. Ruki dazhe kholodeyut ... Zakhar! Na tebe tsvetok v
pamyat{p1} velikogo dnya! Khochu lyude\u{i}! Itak, budem druzhit{p1}?\\
~~Markizov. Druzhi! Druzhi! ...\\
~~Eva. Trubi, trubi, Zakhar. Pora!\\
~~Markizov (beret trubu). Idut! Idut!\\
(Vkhodyat Daragan i Adam. Adam otpustil borodu, rezko izmenilsya,
kazhet$\!\,$sya starshe vsekh. Zakopchen, sosredotochen. A Daragan vybrit, sed,
litso naveki obezovrazheno. Za nimi vkhodit Ponchik i vnosit misku s
supom.)\\