“The call came when Andrei Petrovich had already lost all hope. - Hello, I’m at the announcement. Do you give literature lessons? Andrei Petrovich peered at the videophone screen. A man in his late thirties. Strictly dressed - suit, tie. Smiles, but his eyes are serious. Andrei Petrovich’s heart sank; he posted the ad on the Internet only out of habit. There were six calls in ten years. Three got the wrong number, two more turned out to be insurance agents working the old fashioned way, and one confused literature with a ligature...”