Olga. But does his pride have anything to do with all that?
Golyshkin. I fainted and did not say farewell to him. He got offended by this and decided not to return to the other world until he takes revenge. And now his spirit is wandering around my apartment, absorbing my energy. I am getting weaker, and he is getting stronger hour by hour.
Olga. But if it is so… What should we do then?
Golyshkin. We have to send him back to his world. Otherwise, he will become omnipotent soon, while we will all die, one by one.
Olga. If it is necessary, I agree to another spiritual seance. I think others will also agree.
Golyshkin. There are very few of us. During the time that I was unconscious, Hermes Trismegistus has become too powerful. A hexagram is not enough now to send him back against his will. A combination of hexagram and pentagram is needed, a combination of microcosm and macrocosm, of human and divine. The eleven-pointed star is the ultimate goal of all true magic. This was stated yet by the great Francis Barrett in his book “The Magician”.
Olga. So, do we really have to invite neighbors? Can't we get by with those who are present here?
Golyshkin. A number of eleven is a symbol of the Great Creation. Otherwise, nothing will come out of it.
Olga. Then we need to turn to Myshevsky for help. For the sake of his own life, this person will do the impossible.
Golyshkin. You're right. But still he won't save me. I will die as Hermes Trismegistus wishes.
Olga. Do you really believe some spirit’s prediction? After all, I could make a mistake when writing. A saucer is such an unreliable thing!
Golyshkin. Everything coincides.
Olga. What do you mean? Stop torturing yourself with such silly illusions!
Golyshkin. Do you remember what Hermes Trismegistus said?
Olga. Of course I do! Every word.
Golyshkin. He said: I want the death of the one whose father died when the iron man fell from the top …
Olga. That’s nonsense!
Golyshkin. But not for me. My father, a KGB general Udarpyat Rodionovich Golyshkin, died from a heart attack. He died immediately after the rebellious crowd in Moscow had overthrown the monument to Dzerzhinsky from its pedestal, who was the first Head of the KGB department. Dzerzhinsky used to be his idol. And he couldn’t get over it.
Olga. Do not make yourself an idol…
Golyshkin. So, everything coincides. I will die.
Olga. We are all mortal.
Golyshkin. But Hermes Trismegistus mentioned the date. "Until the Earth is covered with a white shroud." That is, before winter.
