Matias SHandor

1867 god, Triest, Avstro-Vengriya. Pogozhim majskim dnem slonyalis′ po pristani v Trieste dva smuglych chuzhaka, arab i siciliec. Eti dvoe - ochotniki za udachej, otpetye moshenniki, zhivushhie v vechnom poiske ocherednoj zhertvy. Po vole sluchaya v ich ruki popadaet nit′ tajny, kotoraya mozhet prinesti bol′shoj kush. Oba eto nutrom chuyut. No nitochka dovol′no tonkaya, strannaya, zagadochnaya - kto zh znaet, chto tam, na drugom konce? -poetomu tyanut′ nuzhno tichonechko, ochen′ i ochen′ ostorozhno…