在那些安靜對望的時刻，我想我們兩人坐在這間大房間無言對食，要是有人為我們拍張照片，該很有情調。可是，每晚都只有我們倆。她的英文只限叫我名字的英文拼音。初時我用英文發音Chun，但似乎對她來說不好叫。我把名字的俄文拼音чун（類近「choon」）寫給她，她就豁然開朗，順口叫起我чун來。

And I write as if I were dreaming. Or dream as if I were writing. I finally discover that no other manner of saying it would matter.