In Moscow, he will be questioned, but Boris tells Knick he’s not worried. He’s a loyal Communist, he fought in the Red Army; his interrogators would never conclude that he’s an enemy of Russia. The two men converse in Russian; Knick is nearly fluent. Knick puts it to Boris straight: “If you have reason to believe that you have been falsely denounced, will you go back or will you choose exile in the West?” Exile, in Boris’s mind, is not an option. Nor is refusing to return to Moscow, where the Dwarf is waiting for him.
