ABSTRACT
My apology sounded sincere. Stanislavski said nothing and, in fact, 1 had forgotten him. 1 was only interested in the old lady sitting opposite me. Little by litde, we struck up a pleasant conversation. She told me about her life, lamented the failures she had had, and suddenly everything was of interest. 1 wanted to work on her, buy all her dead sou Is for fifteen roubles ... The old woman, visibly, was dim, 1 could finish my business in a coup Ie of minutes.
