But it's impossible to catch ... oh, tee-hee, pardon me ... to find the Professor at home in the daytime." (The guest gave a sobbing laugh like a hyena.) "Yes, I'm very busy!" Persikov answered so curtly that the visitor shuddered visibly again.
Nevertheless he had taken the liberty of disturbing the famous scientist.
Time is money, as they say ... the Professor didn't object to his cigar, did he? "Hrmph, hrmph, hrmph," Persikov replied.
He'd given him permission." "You have discovered the ray of life, haven't you, Professor?" "Balderdash! What life? The newspapers invented that!" "Oh, no, tee-hee-hee..." He perfectly understood the modesty that is an invariable attribute of all true scholars... of course... There had been telegrams today... In the cities of Warsaw and Riga they had already heard about the ray.
Professor Persikov's name was on everyone's lips... The whole world was following his work with bated breath... But everyone knew how hard it was for scholars in Soviet Russia.
Entre nous, soi-dis... There wasn't anyone else listening, was there? Alas, they didn't appreciate academic work here, so he would like to have a little talk with the Professor... A certain foreign state was offering Professor Persikov entirely disinterested assistance with his laboratory research.
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