Anyway, a lot of the Rosenthals were involved with ... with death. His father was a famous pathologist in the fifties, his work is still referred to in some textbooks. For example, once in the Department of the hospital, which he headed, there was a series of deaths among patients, and Rosenthal was suspended for the duration of the investigation from work, including in the morgue. Then it turned out that he had absolutely nothing to do – the technology was broken at the pharmaceutical factory, and the batch of drugs that went to the hospital was poisoned. Rosenthal about it could not know, nothing's his fault in this story was not, and after a few months he returned to the job. But it was after this incident that strange rumors began to spread about him. It was said that during his forced leave he was seen several times in the evenings near the cemeteries. And in the morning they found fresh the hole.
- Grandfather Rosenthal's even before the war was quite known in Leningrad surgeon. He, in particular, often did operations to employees of the city party Committee, to it on big pull actors from Lenfilm, Mariinsky, known football players, Directors of plants got on receptions. But once I heard, that only good ties saved his after extremely scandalous history on one town a graveyard of. It then managed to hush up, but it cost a lot of effort.
- But these are all rumors. But now I will tell you what I saw myself.
- The first case happened a long time ago, we studied in the first medical, I think, in the fourth or fifth year. We were celebrating the new year.
- Two girls from our group were supposed to be on duty on the night of the thirty-first to the first, out of solidarity we decided to celebrate with them, the hospital. In truth, it wasn't even for them – it was just that the out-of-towners had their own company and drank in the Dorm. And those who were from Leningrad, almost all lived in communal apartments, guests can not be invited there, and it's boring to sit with parents. The Rosenthals had a luxurious apartment on Moskovsky, but they also invited friends to the house was somehow not accepted-in General, the family was very strange, you probably already understood.
- In the end, we ended up in the hospital. We are, however, and there is almost kicked. The matter is that in the previous new year there too the group of students, the person in thirty gathered. Closer to three morning nor one sober nor among students, nor among personnel not remained, sick, too, many got drunk. And it all ended with a group Orgy. All students then expelled from the Komsomol, expelled from the Institute, the chief physician was removed from work and expelled from the party, and two patients from the surgical Department and one nurse flew. To a student after that in the hospital treated with caution and therefore, though allowed, but forbidden to all except the two on duty to rise above the basement. And most of the basement was occupied by the morgue.
- The hospital was quite large, and the room for it was given a large one. But the laboratory in which we set the table was probably two meters by three.
- At first everything was fine. We didn't have a TV, of course, but one guy brought a radio from home, and a lot of people had records with them. We drank wine, listened to music, and so it was about two o'clock. Then I wanted to dance.
- Premises, of course, except for the morgue was not suitable for this. But all who were there, studied in medical, anybody such trifles didn't confuse especially as sober among us for a long time wasn't any more. We dragged the radio, turned on the light and continued there…
Valerka burst out laughing:
- Pity, then these soap dishes with outbreaks not was. The footage would be unique.
Pavlov winced:
- Stop it, and so recall sickeningly. And Rosenthal was our Santa Claus. Fur coat, wadded beard-all business. Only here we somehow forgot to appoint the snow maiden, it that time without the girl came and when in mortuary already couple of times clinked glasses, began to choose to father frost a bitch... Oh, the granddaughter.
Our fellow students got drunk already by that time which of them snow maiden ... More or less sober there were only these nurses on duty, but them every minute by phone upstairs caused – patients drank in chambers too, it became bad to many.
And here is couple jerks from our, Bald with Gray, say: "Not sadness, grandfather, right now we you heifer'll pick up", - and have become to climb things on boxes, sheets on desks raising. They searched for a long time: there were only old women there at that time. Winter, slippery, fragile bones at the attendants – a broken something. Then the heart on the surgery anesthesia are not kept – so the attendants filled the whole basement.
Somewhere minutes through forty, Bald with Gray yelling: "Grisha, rejoice: I found you a girl! In nature, snow maiden-young, beautiful, and cold as ice. Cheer up your granddaughter." And dragging a body in a sheet.
And at that time, one resident – Mahmud, from somewhere in the steppes he was-was collecting material for a dissertation on cerebral injuries and shifts of the cervical vertebrae. Mahmoud this all day in the basement was gone, and after him almost all the abandoned body without a head was.
And so they dragged the dead woman, sat at the table next to Rosenthal, pulled off the sheet…
The girl was slender, no more than twenty years old. And a figure – I don't think I've ever seen one like it. But there was no head.
And Rosenthal was already wasted. He hugged her and began to hold out a glass ... Ashamed of course, but what a laugh then stood.
He's over it, probably about an hour mocked: for take his hand, then Pat, then whisper something to her started.
Grey and Bald with all his high-fived: a little... Well, it's a thing. In General, it is a shame you continue to tell…
– What happened?"
- Over? Uh... Well, it's over ... Rosenthal was not weak. When he on this corpse headless climbed. Mother s, then same and gum not was, that he on mucous of could hook up with – this better not to think. But he was yelling, " Don't worry, honey, if you get pregnant, I'll marry you. Word of honor."Well at least no one from the authorities found out. Although, if he did... the Rosenthal always pull was great, I told you who his relatives were.
- M-Yes, a hell of a you a new year was greeted. Something to remember.
- Yeah.…
Part 7