Three minutes of silence
GNN. Vladimov
Three minutes of silence
Senka Shaly (Semyon Alekseevich) decided to change his life. Enough. To him already soon twenty-six – all youth in the sea remained. In the army in the navy he served, demobilized, decided before returning home to earn extra money in the sea, and so he remained on the Atlantic as a “seagull” sailor. His marine life was little like what he dreamed of in his adolescence: three months of hard work in the fishery, a tight cockpit filled with the same scoundrels as they are, in every voyage new. And almost always difficult – because of Senkina’s independent nature – relations with the boatswain or captain. Between flights a week or two ashore, and again – into the sea. Earned, however, decently, but the money did not linger – flew in companies with random drinking companions. The senselessness of such a life tormented Senka. It’s time to live seriously.
Leave here and take Lily
But fate did not turn. During the farewell detour of the port, two shore whips-beggars stuck to it, they helped to buy a jacket, went to wash together. And the drunken Senka suddenly felt sorry for the two beggars. With this Senka’s pity, over which many people chuckled, everything went well. Senka invited them to an evening in the restaurant, to mark his departure from the sea. And just found in the dining room barmaid Klavka, beautiful, tongue-tied, from the breed of predators, as Seenke thought at once, also called. And he ran to the institute, where Lily worked, to inform her about her decision and invite him to dinner. But the holiday did not work. Senka looked back at the door, waiting for Lilya, but she did not come. It was very sick for Senka to sit with these strangers for him, listen to Klavki’s mocking remarks. Having thrown the company, he rushed to the distant suburb to the unrequited and faithful Ninka. Ninka was also a young soldier, and it
On the “Skakun” no one, except his grandfather, the senior mechanic Babilov, was not familiar. But not scary – like all their people. With the radio operator, Senka even tried to find out whether they were swimming together or not, they seemed very familiar to each other-and fate is the same soulmate, and thoughts alone torment: what does a person need for life to be real? Work, friends, woman. But Senka did not feel love for his extremely heavy and dangerous work. Relations with Lily are extremely vague. A real friend is a grandfather, Babilov, and even that Senka like his father. But for a long time to concentrate on the mental make-up did not allow work. Senka quickly succumbed to a difficult and fascinating fishing life. Its monotony was broken by calling at the floating base, where Lilya was seen. The meeting did not clarify their relationship. “I thought so, that your words about the change of life will remain words. You are just like everybody else, ordinary, “Lily said a little higher.” An even more amazing meeting happened with Klavka at the mother ship, but she was not only embarrassed when she saw Senka in front of her, but she was even happy: “Well, you, dear, wolf at me watching? “-” Why did you beat me? ” Why did they rob? “-” Do you think I’m to blame? But they were your friends, not mine. And she took away your money, how much she could, took away from them, hid it for you. “And suddenly Senka doubted: what if she was telling the truth? nice, wolf at me watching? “-” Why did you beat me? Why did they rob? “-” Do you think I’m to blame? But they were your friends, not mine. And she took away your money, how much she could, took away from them, hid it for you. “And suddenly Senka doubted: what if she was telling the truth? nice, wolf at me watching? “-” Why did you beat me? Why did they rob? “-” Do you think I’m to blame? But they were your friends, not mine. And she took away your money, how much she could, took away from them, hid it for you. “And suddenly Senka doubted: what if she was telling the truth?
During the parking lot at the floating base “Skakun” firmly “attached” to the stern of the adjacent trawler to the bow and received a hole. The head of the shipping company Grakov, the old enemy of his grandfather, arrived at the trawler. Grakov suggested to the team after minor repairs to continue swimming: “What a panic? We in our time and not in such conditions worked.” About the hole Grandfather did not argue with Grakov. Brew – and all the cases. Much more serious is another: the hull could weaken from the impact, and therefore it is necessary to return urgently to the port for repair. But my grandfather did not listen, the captain and the team agreed with the proposal of Grakov. The hole was brewed, and the ship, having received the storm warning, departed from the base, taking it – it’s already Senka arranged – and Grakov. Giving the ends, Senka pretended that he did not know that Grakov was still on the ship: nothing, let him try our life. Grakov was not embarrassed, and when the sounder showed the proximity of a large school of fish, on his initiative, the captain decided to sweep the net. Doing this in a storm should not have been, but the captain wanted to show himself before the authorities. The networks were swept out, and when it was time to lift them onto the deck, the storm intensified, it became impossible to work. Moreover, the swept networks were a serious danger, depriving the ship of maneuverability in a storm. In an amicable way, they ought to be chopped off. But to take on this responsibility the captain did not dare… And here happened what the grandfather warned about, – the casing has departed. Water began to flow into the hold. They tried to scoop it out. But it was discovered that the water is already in the engine room. And you need to stop the car, cold water damaged it, urgent repairs are needed. The captain opposed, and his grandfather stopped his car with his will. The ship that lost control was dragged to the rocks. The radio operator broadcasted the SOS signal. Death seemed to be very close. And Senka decides on the only thing that he can still do – unauthorizedly cuts the cable that holds the swept networks. The car started working at low speed, but the ship still could not cope with the wind. The hope that the paybase will approach them before they are thrown on the rocks, melted. And in this situation, the grandfather suddenly invited the captain to help the Norwegian trawler who was drowning nearby. People who have already put their hands in the struggle for their own lives, have started to do everything to save the sinking Norwegians. It was possible to approach the dying trawler and transfer the rope from the vessel to the ship to the “Horse” of the Norwegian fishermen. And the most terrible moment came – their vessel dragged to the rocks. Senka, like everyone else, was ready to die.
But death passed by – “Skakunu” managed to slip into a narrow passage, and he was in a cove with calm water. The next day a rescue boat came up to them, and then – a shipping company. On the occasion of a banquet in honor of the rescued Norwegians, fishermen from the “Skakuna” climbed to the shipping base. Walking along the corridor past fatally tired people, Lily did not even recognize Senka. But he was found seriously frightened by news of the troubles of “Skakuna” Klavka. Senka did not get to the banquet, they locked themselves with Klavka in her cabin. At last he saw a truly intelligent and loving woman next to him. Only parting turned out to be difficult – torn by previous failures Klavka refused to talk about what can wait for them further.
The vessel returned to the port without completing the voyage. Senka wandered about the city in the usual solitude, trying to understand what was revealed to him on this voyage. It turns out that the work he almost hated, people, pests and fishermen, whom he had never taken seriously seriously, but only suffered alongside, and there is real work and real people. Clearly, he lost Lilya. Or maybe it was not at all. It’s sad that the happiness that fate gave him, having reduced it with Klavka, turned out to be short. But in his life there is everything for which he yearned, you only need to be able to see and correctly assess reality. And it seems that Senka has acquired the ability to see and understand this.
Accidentally at the station, where he was sitting in the buffet, Senka again saw Klavka. She gathered for her relatives, and, seeing her off, Senka found simple and precise words about what his meeting meant to him. These words were decided by all. Together they returned to Klavkin’s apartment. Still, he managed to change his life, even if not as desired, but succeeded.
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