Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Akụkọ a na-agbanwe gaa Crimea, ebe onye nwe ala di ya nwụrụ bụ Nikolai Mikhailovich Layevsky nabatara nwa ya nwoke bụ Pavel ka ọ lọtara ọrụ afọ ise n'agha. O juru ya anya na nnọkọ ahụ abụghị nke nzuzo ebe ọ bụ na Pavel kpọtara Vitkevich. Onye na-enweghị nkwanye ugwu na onye na-eme ihe na-adịghị mma nke na-eme ka ikuku na-adịgide adịgide nke enweghị nchekasị, Vitkevich abụghị naanị ọkacha mmasị nke ezinụlọ ndị eze Russia, kamakwa ọ bụ ihe ndị ọrụ ibe ya na-ahụ n'anya. Mana Nikolai aghọtaghị ihe mere nwa ya nwoke ji nwee mmasị n'ebe onye ọ na-amaghị nọ, n'amaghị na Vitkevich bụ ụdị onye ga-ezo onwe ya n'ụlọ akwụna maka naanị ebumnuche ị drinkingụ champeenu. Vitkevich jidere Nikolai ka ya na Masha, onye isi nri nke ụlọ ahụ na-enwe mmekọrịta chiri anya, onye bụ ihe dị ka nne na-anọchi anya Pavel, nke na-eme ka Vitkevich kpughee na ọ ga-amalite ọrụ dị oke mkpa, ya bụ nleta na Kabul. Vitkevich wee gaa n'ihu na-ekwu okwuchukwu banyere ọdịnihu doro anya nke Russia na mkpa nke alaeze ukwu maka mgbasawanye ókèala
, bụ echiche Masha na-ekwu na-enweghị obi abụọ.