Later that morning following breakfast, Vladimir and Pamela rode together to the Library - it was Thursday and she had one more days work before the weekend, and he had been given the rest of the week off by Arkady..
Past the guards into the library they rode. As was the practice with preserving the books, they both dressed in coats and gloves. Pamela started off where she had finished the previous day, books on Gene Therapy. Soon Vladimir had found a couch in a warm area of the staff room and began to read a pile of books he had selected. He had always been one of his dreams to sail the oceans of the world, so he had chosen a book about the Russian Navy in its glory. He read of the majesty of the Russian Fleet. He read about the famous sea cities of the world, Venice, Shanghai, Singapore, Pusan, Durban. Then he pulled out a large volume that he had chosen from the shelves - Uncloths - the Codified United Nations Law of the Sea, with all its complexities. Eventually he fell asleep with the volume in his hands dreaming he was on duty on a warship protecting mother Russia from the double standards of its historic Enemies.