“…– I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you at all,” I said. - It's just that this area of human activity is not very familiar to me, so I have little idea what can disturb a philatelist. The only thing that comes to mind... Have your stamps been stolen?Kormiltsev grabbed his cap in his fist and slapped it on his knee with great annoyance.-That's the point! he exclaimed. - They stole it! In the most shameless and cynical way! I was fooled like a schoolboy! And do you know where it happened? - the excited visitor stared at me as if he was about to tell something absolutely incredible.- And where is it? I asked cautiously.- At my house! - announced Kormiltsev.Probably, I didn’t manage to portray the shock, because the look of Nikolai Sergeevich became disappointed ... ”