“Ten years ago I saved a drowning man. They pulled him off the shore of the Black Sea. We lived in a university sports camp. The coach approached me and said, “I will tell you about you, Dovlatov, in the evening ambulance.” I was pleased. I liked a gymnast named Ludda. There was no reason to talk to her. Suddenly such luck. We are in the evening ambulance. The coach says, “Dovlatov, a step forward!” Everyone is looking at me. And people in particular. The coach said, “Take care! The stomach runs out, the neck is undeveloped, like an oak, and the comrade saved! "After that I was afraid to look at the People."