Shubinsky looked absent-minded; he heard someone calling him and took a while to react: "Arthur, what a coincidence?"
Shubinsky dismounted from his horse, first exchanging a few simple pleasantries with Arthur, then quickly steering the conversation towards the previous matter with Druiysk, hinting: "Hutter should have told you by now, right? Brother, it's not that I'm saying this, but you've been too careless. Think about it, we've climbed to this position step by step, using all our energy to get here. Luckily, we were both shrewd this time, otherwise we would have ended up in the gutter. Just for such a small matter, losing our prospects would indeed be too undeserving."
At this, Shubinsky didn't forget to warmly invite Arthur to his home for a short visit: "Care to join me for some tea?"
"Now?" Arthur pretended to be surprised: "My friend, who has time for tea at a time like this? Don't you know what's been happening in Moscow these past few days?"
