:02:01
I was supposed to go at fiive o'clock,
but I have a smart lawyer. Got leniency.
:02:06
I've a tremendous yearning
to be young again.
:02:09
A boy. Such happy memories
at oursummerhouse.
:02:13
Uncle Nikolai with his wonderful laugh.
:02:24
God, he was repulsive.
:02:26
There was Grandpa and Grandma,
who had been married for 50 years
:02:30
and still felt as deeply about one another
as the day they met.
:02:35
And my own father,
a handsome and generous man.
:02:38
In addition to oursummerand winter
estate, he owned a valuable piece ofland.
:02:43
True, it was a small piece. But he carried
it with him whereverhe went.
:02:48
Dimitri Pietrovich!
I would like to buy your land.
:02:51
This land is not for sale.
:02:54
Some day, I hope to build on it.
:02:58
He was an idiot. But I loved him.
:03:01
Then there was mother, who made
the most delicious blintzes in the world.
:03:08
Of course, there was Old Gregor,
and his son, Young Gregor.
:03:11
Young Gregor's son
was older than Old Gregor.
:03:14
Nobody could fiigure out
how that happened.
:03:17
My two brothers, lvan and Mikhail,
used to play amusing little games.
:03:21
But I had a completely different
concept ofmyselfas a child.
:03:27
My fiirst experience with death
was with one ofourserfs, Old Nehamkin.
:03:32
Old Nehamkin was on the roof, putting up
a lightning rod, when a storm broke out.
:03:37
After he failed to show up for dinner,
Mother went to look forhim.
:03:40
What is it, Old Nehamkin?
You're not looking well.
:03:44
Are you OK? You feel all right?
:03:47
We laid Old Nehamkin to rest,
:03:50
and that night
I had a strange and vivid dream.