She sat opposite me, biting her lower lip, narrowing her green eyes a little. - I want to ask you for one favor. - If it’s in my power... - I’m sure it’s in yours. This is very important to me. The fact is that today my friends are gathering here, in my cafe. Not really, really, friends, because in business there are no friends - there are competitors. It’s just that an audience is gathering that knows that I went to St. Petersburg, they will be interested in where I was and what I saw. And I was somewhere that I wouldn’t recommend anyone to visit... – Sorry, this is St. Petersburg, our city, the cultural capital, as they call it... – Don’t talk to me about culture. Gangster Petersburg - it was and is gangster. And even worse. – You know, I’ll tell you this... – You don’t need to tell me anything about the cultural capital... After a short silence, she said: – Listen to me...