Boris Akunin - She Lover of Death

In summary of the above, I testify on my own responsibility that everything happened as I have described it.

Sergei Irinarkhovich Blagovolsky was not killed by anyone. He died by his own hand.

And now goodbye.

With every assurance of my most sincere disrespect,

F.F. Weltman, doctor of medicine

P.S. I considered it my duty to inform Mr Genji of the interest shown in him by yourself and the ‘highly placed individual’ of your acquaintance. He was not in the least surprised and asked me to tell you and the ‘highly placed individual’ not to trouble yourselves with any further searches or attempts to cause him any unpleasantness, since tomorrow (that is, in fact, today) at noon he is leaving the city of Moscow and his God-fearing homeland and taking his friends with him.

It was for this reason – in order to give Mr Genji time to travel beyond the bounds of your jurisdiction – that I did not telephone the police from the scene of last night’s events, but waited for the whole day and am sending you this letter in the evening, not by courier, but via the ordinary post.

Genji is not at all like Isaiah, but his prophecy concerning me appears to have come true: the strong has come forth out of the weak.

1. I’m waiting

2. Die (German)