..и внезапно я поняла, что означает это молчание....

..and suddenly I understood what silence means. What should he talk about with a woman who has not dared to go out into the world? What kind of pleasure is to walk next to a man, obuynomnogo fear of the unknown and the unknown, with a man around the world who prefer good service and a good marriage? And I, oh, woe is me! - I tried to talk with him about my former friends, about the memories covered with dust, about the provincial town. And what else could I say? ..