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- Leah, you're talking nonsense now. I just can't understand why you needed a passport in the camp, that's why I'm asking. Well, okay, I'll talk to Maxim and personally come.

This generally pissed me off: they don’t want to return my document, and this tone of his, they say, is doing me the greatest favor.

Thank you, but I don't need your presence. You shouldn't bother yourself so much, just pass it on with the driver of the duty car and that's it.

- I still need to talk to you, therefore, as soon as I find the time I will come, all the more you still need to bring your fur coat.

- Alexei, it feels like you don’t hear me, however, as always.

- Always what?

- Nothing. You need to talk, not me. So be kind, just hand over the passport. If in two days I don’t have it, I’ll go on foot to the flock and then explain to everyone yourself how I got there from South America! As for the fur coat, don't bother - I won't take it. Too expensive a gift for someone like me and not from those who ...