I’m thirty-six, and all my friends are already married (or divorced); they say it’s time for me to settle down. I’m not ready to marry—and there’s no one to marry. But I found a permanent mistress. Ksenia Anatolyevna Dashkova would do just fine: she makes me happy and she’s not stupid—what more could a person ask for? Yes, I chose her. Though she hasn’t found out yet. Soon she will!