Ludvik understood and started asking me all about it. But I remembered right away that Ludvik had yearned to go abroad since he was a child and now his chances of getting out were very slim. At that time and for many years thereafter, people with political blemishes on their records were not allowed out of the country. I saw how different our lives had become, and I tried to avoid saying so. This meant I couldn't talk openly about our tour, because I would be throwing light on the gulf that had suddenly opened between our destinies. I wanted to shroud that gulf in darkness and was afraid of
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