This story happened to one officer a friend of another officer named Fedor, when they whiled away the time in one room for two in a hotel in the city, where they arrived with him as inspectors in the naval commission headed by First Deputy Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Zakharov. He, captain of rank 2, deputy head of the fleet chemical service for logistical support, often got into the naval commissions to prepare ships for combat service, Zakharov knew him well, since he was very knowledgeable in his specialty about what he needed a ship sailing autonomously for a long time in order to correct any malfunction on its own, as it is unenviable to help others in the distant waters of the Pacific Ocean, for it will simply not be given to anyone.

He knew well, by memory, that and whoever was on the coast and in what condition was the material part that a ship or submarine might need far from the shores of the Motherland. His neighbor in the bed in the hotel is a young captain-lieutenant - navigator in the specialty, the first time participating in the verification commission was very worried because he didn’t represent the picture that could appear with the ship far away from his native shores. He was nervous, constantly asking questions, which he tried to explain to him simply and intelligibly. He was a little afraid of our admiral, and all the time he was puzzling his neighbor with questions about what the admiral might ask him. He reassured him with the answer that the admiral needed to speak only the truth, without hiding anything and not hoping for the Russian "maybe." He told him stories from past checks, where in such a situation there were cases when concealing the truth about the situation could turn into a great disaster for the ship.

That evening, only having had dinner at the hotel and coming to their room, they just started watching the “Caucasian Captive” on the screen of the country, as the hotel director of the hotel entered their room and, apologizing, said that she was ordered to place two more girls - doctors who were not in the list of reviewers before. But there was no place to accommodate these girls in the hotel, but the authorities ordered them to be placed at any cost. There was only one option. Fedor was offered to put a cot in the next room, and his partner was placed by decision of the manager. He, a forty-year-old man, didn’t care to whom he would be transferred, but Fyodor was worried until the hostess nudged at him and the boy immediately died down. She gave the key to her partner, saying that after the end of the trip she goes home, and there will be no one to disturb him. But when he and his traveling case came to her room, he saw Maria carefully covering the sofa with clean linen and, looking at him, smiling, said:

- And you, young man will sleep on this four-seater sofa. I hope you don't fall off it at night?

- Let's hope not fall. This is an airfield, not a sofa, ”he put in a corner of the case, hanging his coat and cap on a hanger, smiling a happy smile in response.

“Do not forget to take a shower before going to bed,” the administrator reminded her and left. She was a very beautiful brunette, with black as coal, eyes, thin in the waist, growing from a visitor. The only thing that surprised him was her small palms, like an eighth grade schoolgirl, but otherwise she immediately guessed her very sociable and caring character about the clients of the hotel. Soon she appeared again.

- Do you like this number? She asked, putting on her raincoat.

- Still would! There is even a phone. About the TV and do not say - he held her hand, saying goodbye.But for some reason she did not take away her hand, but patiently looked straight into his eyes, in which a very subtle question arose.

“Do not close the door for the night, the guest will come to you,” she replied, looking somewhere off into the distance, having slightly pressed and letting go of her hand.

- There is! - Comrade Head, - he straightened jokingly and put his hand to his uncovered cap on his head.

“It’s good to deal with smart people,” she answered, and then he asked her this inappropriate question:

- And who is this guest and what does she drink at night?

- This is my sister Alice. She is a copy of me. So don't be scared ... And she drinks everything, just like me ...

- So I set the table for three? - He went into a clear attack.

- It is possible for four. Your young man often smokes something in the corridor. Worried Boy?

- He is the first time on a business trip ...

- It can be seen. But let's not worry. We are peaceful people ...

“But our armored train is on the siding,” he laughed, peering into the refrigerator, where there was a bottle of champagne, konyaka and some kind of pots.

“Buy another box of chocolates,” he handed her twenty rubles.

“A good box draws more,” she grinned.

- Then here is the steward. Buy at your discretion.

“It will be fulfilled, commander,” she smiled, sending him a kiss, closing the door behind her.

As soon as she left, he ran into a restaurant at the hotel, bought a can of red caviar, sprat and goby in tomato sauce, which he loved very much. On the way, I met Fedor in the corridor, who was still smoking, looking into the darkness of the window.

- Fedya! The uniform of a white shirt without a tie, black pants and slippers, and in an hour to be with me. We are waiting for dinner with nice sovgavanskimi lady ...

- Thank you, commander! I will...

The weather was not flying, and their plane was lonely on the airfield. Only one thing was embarrassing: after breakfast, our admiral announced the meeting of the commission about readiness for work. He, the shot sparrow, knew what it was, and Fyodor was at a loss for fear of being dishonored if something seemed to the admiral to be strange or ridiculous. But the neighbor immediately assured him that, though the admiral was a dock, he was very attentive and could immediately distinguish a young but intelligent person from a cocky all-knowing one.

... girls came on time. Both were the same height, indistinguishable from each other, as if nature had molded them in the same form: the voice, the hair, the facial features were exactly the same. He recalled the words of one of the movie characters who said: “I saw miracles, but such! ...”. Even behavior patterns were indistinguishable. The neighbor did not believe his eyes. But then he remembered how Sasha Asatiani was sitting with him at the same school at the Nakhimov Naval School in Tbilisi. He was like two peas in a pod like his twin brother, born 15 minutes after him. When he often dressed up in the form of a brother and went to the exam, if at that time the older brother twisted love with a "beautiful girl," as he said. These two twins of twenty-five were exactly such twins. They even laughed or frowned equally. The guys sat down next to them, they didn’t even know who she was: younger or older, who was in charge of the hotel. The girls noticed their confusion, to which they must have become accustomed, and continued to play them in determining which of them, Maria, is the hotel director and who her sister, Alice. But after the third glass of brandy for them it was completely indifferent who of them was who, and when they went to the toilet together, the neighbor even calmed down, deciding that he was sitting next to Alice, having guessed the trick to deceive and make them laugh.

When at exactly twelve the substation switched off the main light in the premises, switching to the dull light of very weak light bulbs, they realized that their feast was over and it was time to rest. The neighbor immediately invited everyone to stay on the couch. The girls clapped their hands, and Fyodor just snorted aside as a horse, but did not protest, especially since the neighbor, as the eldest in age and position above all, and in the navy, the elder is always right and his decisions are not disputed.

They lay beside themselves naked, in which the mother gave birth, but the girls also followed their example. True, he came, as the eldest in the raid, by touch to check each of them, which my colleague suffered, without saying anything, and the girls suddenly argued which of them should be ...