"Do you often visit K----, mister sub-lieutenant?" asked Horizon.
"Only for the first time--just imagine! Our regiment is stationed
at Chernobob. I was born in Moscow, myself."
"AI, AI, AI! How'd you come to get into such a faraway place?"
"Well, it just fell out so. There was no other vacancy when I was
let out."
"But then--Chernobob is a hole! The worst little town in all
Podolia."
"That's true, but it just fell out so."
"That means, then, that the young officer gent is going to K----to
divert himself a little?"
"Yes. I'm thinking of stopping there for two or three days. I'm
travelling to Moscow, really. I have received a two months' leave,
but it would be interesting to look over the city on the way. It's
very beautiful, they say."
"Oh, what are you trying to tell me? A remarkable city! Well,
absolutely a European city. If you only knew, what streets,
electricity, trolleys, theatres! And if you only knew what
cabarets! You'll lick your own fingers. Positively, positively, I
advise you, young man, to pay a visit to the CHATEAU DES FLEURS,
to the Tivoli, and also to ride out to the island.
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