The Spider Page #2

than a suggestion.

Daughter suggested her frights into you.

What should we do then, doctor?

It would be good for her to change surroundings.

To take a rest in nature's lap for a week.

Vitochka, you'll visit aunt Magda, live with them on the island...

Alright.

Vita...Vita! Vita!

It's your stop.

Vita?

Welcome. Yuris.

Yes. Aunt Magda wrote that there appeared

suddnely a husband and grownup son Yuris in her life.

I didn't know you were like this...

Like what?

Well...cheerful. Pleasant.

Everyone in our kin is like that. Both my mom and aunt Magda.

You sure?

Of course.

Welcome.

Cool! This is my limo.

The thing is almost antique.

I restored it myself. It's the most reliable means of transportation.

Vitochka...

At last. I began to get worried.

Jimmy, they're our own people!

Jimmy? But you're uncle Aivars?

The very same.

It's so nice here. I'm glad I came.

Well then, welcome...

Oh, uncle Aivars...

Better simply Aivars.

Well, how are you? Is everything fine at home?

Yes.

Give Vita some rest. You will have time for everything.

Yuris, accompany our guest.

Shall we go?

What a niece you have!

It took me whole year to put this room in order.

Really? You know, Yuris, I can live anyplace.

I'd be glad if you stayed here.

It is really nice in here.

If it gets cold, we can light the fire.

We settle in the castle only during summers

and give our little house to renovators. Soon here will be a museum.

Is that a walkman?

Yes. So that you wouldn't get bored.

But the records are old.

Oh, if I knew I had taken mine...

Well, listen to mine.

I'll get some water.

Alright. I will change my clothes.

Yuris...

What's up?

It appeared to me...some shadows on the wall...

Oh, that...that's just games of light.

Peculiarity of man who built this castle. Optical effects.

Like shadow theatre?

Something of that sort.

When I was sick as a child, father enterntained me

showing various things on the wall.

For example, this.

Well, all of that is nonsense.

Do you want to look at our island from above?

With knobs on!

Let's go.

Were to? Here?

No. That is my room. I will show it to you later.

And what is in here?

Abandoned ??? You shouldn't go in there.

I shouldn't?

Right. Nobody should.

Oh, how high!

Well, from here one can see almost whole island.

Once these lands belonged to archbishop,

there were some villages, forge, even a fleet.

In which side the sea is?

There. Behind the trees. You can't see it from here.

Yuris, who is that?

That's chief executioner of our palace. He's deaf-mute.

Tell me the truth. He looked so wildly at me.

You know...you'd better not meet him.

Anyway, keep away from this place.

What's in here?

Entrance to the tower.

How dark...

Are you afraid?

I'm not afraid of anything.

Jimmy?

Calm down.

Let's go.

Good morning!

Is everybody already up?

And long since had breakfast.

Sit down. Why are you standing?

How was your sleep?

I don't even remember! It's simply marvelous here.

Yuris promised to show me everything here is.

What's here to look at? Threes, rocks, well, the sea.

Thanks.

I don't know when we'll be back.

Yuris...

Yuris?

Yuris!

You scared me!

But you said you were not afraid of anything...

Forgive me.

Do you have ghosts here?

I don't know. There haven't been any. Maybe there is now.

Honestly, Yuris, there must be.

At least one.

Alright, I'll tell you a secret.

There showed up a ghost: pleasant, ginger and horribly tricky...

So observable?

Sure. I can even tell what are you thinking about.

Or I shouldn't?

Better not.

Should I tell the legend of our castle?

Go on.

More accurately, about that abandoned room you shouldn't go in.

Baron's young daugher once lived in it...

Jimmy, let's go swimming!

Aivars...

What?

What are you doing here?

I...got so scared.

Don't be afraid of anybody here.

Okay.

You have a nice bathhouse here.

Do you like to take steam-baths?

I don't know.

What a shame that I am an old man, otherwise I'd show you...

Aivars, who's an old man?

I wouln't tell you are father of Yuris. You are young.

Be careful, Vita, I could believe you.

When will you stoke it?

When? [I could do it] even tomorrow.

Cool!

It's just we have this custom for men...

It's probably boring here for you, city lady.

No, what are you saying.

Rural life...

On the contrary...

Aivars, it looks like there's a polecat visiting our henhouse.

Something has bitten off hen's head.

Yuris, you should set a trap. It must be somewhere there.

Hello.

You were told!

What did I do so wrong? For Christ's sake!

Hallo!

Good day, Father. This is Magda.

Vita is staying with us...

Yes. Is something wrong?

I think you should come here.

Well...thank you...

What happened?

Vita...

What happened with you?

Where's Jimmy?

I don't know.

I think he ran to the woods.

Weird.

Vanished into thin air.

There...

Here you are.

Jimmy.

Where does so much of this filth come from?

???????

What's up with you?

Let's leave.

I'd like to know what's going on here.

Are you having insomnia, too?

It's real cave in here. I brought your walkman.

You want to listen to some music?

Put it down.

I...didn't know you smoked.

I didn't know many things about you either.

What are you talking about?

Nothing.

You are so funny now.

Why?

I didn't come to argue with you.

Why then?

Just don't think that I...

There is somebody in that room.

I hear steps.

I'm probably a yellow-bely after all.

Right?

Okay. Let's have a look.

Just keep quiet.

Good morning!

Hello!

Are you stoking the bathhouse?

So it will be possible to bath soon?

In the evening.

So long?

Rocks must heat up.

I will have a look at what's up there. Okay?

Just don't fall.

Yuris, will you be stoking till the very evening?

If you don't stoke, you can't take a steam-bath.

I will steal you for a moment anyway.

It turns out the world really is small.

What a nice surprise, Father!

You're flattering me, mister painter. Our encounter

is hardly a pleasure for you.

Let's presume it. So what?

As far as I understand a guardian angel for my model has come.

Listen, leave the girl alone!

You will get her back only when my intention will be fulfilled.

Either you leave immediately, or I am taking Vita away this very day.

Don't you concede I could be in love with my model?

Albert, love doesn't think evil.

Both evil and good are threads in a spiderweb.

Curious. Untie them and there's neither good, nor evil.

I won't allow you to tempt fragile soul.

Are you ready to fight me, Father?

Do you still believe the man whom you commisioned

is standing in front of you?

I believe in Creator of this world...

There is nothing definite in His world, all is unsettled and uncertain.

In the game of light and shadow it is easy [to take false for real]

How's bathhouse today? - Good.

Dinner's on the table. Don't wait for me and Vita.

Is that steam-bathing?

How should it be done?

Lie down. I will show you.

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