Anfisa is in the oncology department of the hospital. She has come to terms with the outcome of her illness, so she learns the novel "Eugene Onegin" by heart in order to take it with her. Dima appears in her hospital. Interested in Anfisa, he begins to take care of her. Dima promises Anfisa that if she decides to have an operation that can turn the course of her illness, he will learn the last chapters of the novel for her.