Ihry monmartrs′kych mertsiv. Lotrek

Ponad use Pol′ Aleksandr boyit′sya smerti y us′oho, scho z neyu pov’yazane. Vin unykaye navit′ dumok pro potoybichchya, a pochorony y kladovyscha omynaye desyatoyu dorohoyu. Ta odyn trahichnyy vypadok zmushuye yoho zitknutysya z tym, choho vin unykav use zhyttya: kil′ka neznayomych mizh soboyu lyudey hyne za licheni sekundy, y vyyavlyayet′sya, scho smert′ — tse zovsim ne kinets′! Mizh svitom zhyvych i pomerlych vony zustrichayut′ chudozhnyka Anri de Tuluz-Lotreka, yakyy povertayet′sya u nash chas, bo maye zavershyty vazhlyvu spravu. Tozh yichniy shlyach teper — u Paryzh, de chtos′ znayde prystrasne kochannya, chtos′ — zavershyt′ vazhlyvu spravu, komus′ dovedet′sya znyknuty nazavzhdy, a komus′ dolya podaruye novyy shans na zhyttya.