“Ah!” Solomin was silent for a while. “Is she related to the people here?”
“Yes. But she fully shares our convictions and is prepared for anything.”
Solomin smiled.
“And you, Nejdanov, are you prepared?”
Nejdanov frowned slightly.
“Why ask? You will see when the time comes.”
“I do not doubt you, Nejdanov. I only asked because it seemed to me that besides yourself nobody else was prepared.”
“And Markelov?”
“Why, of course, Markelov! But then, he was born prepared.”
At this moment someone knocked at the door gently, but hastily, and opened it without waiting for an answer. It was Mariana. She immediately came up to Solomin.