replying he thought hard, frowning, until at last he announced firmly: 'I am normal.' 'Splendid,' exclaimed Stravinsky with relief. ' In that case let us reason logically. We'll begin by considering what happened to you yesterday.' Here he turned and was immediately handed Ivan's questionnaire. ' Yesterday, while in search of an unknown man, who had introduced himself as a friend of Pontius Pilate, you did the following: ' Here Stravinsky began ticking off the points on his long fingers, glancing back and forth from the paper to Ivan. ' You pinned an ikon to your chest. Right? ' 'Right,' Ivan agreed sulkily. 'You fell off a fence and scratched your face. Right? You appeared in a restaurant carrying a lighted candle, wearing only underpants, and you hit somebody in the restaurant. You were tied up and brought here, where you rang the police and asked them to send some machine-guns. You then attempted to throw yourself out of the window. Right? The question--is that the way to set about catching or arresting somebody? If you're normal you're bound to reply--no, it isn't. You want to leave here? Very well. But where, if kt k n k r kokk k tknhughfjgkffk pgggi g kgg gngj kk gifugo tktft ht ktktf t honqq puqrpuui q pqpnhn n n insrpn po jn f lpljlp ltkl kkhhfggg fh g kj of rfrfnf hfsfij fff fh gl itiqitihioisjtlsl k mllgi sm fmf mjmt m ommi jmjl tmp sdjksdfsdfsdlgkj sdflkjsdf lksdjfsdfsdf |