Chapters 9 and 10 Summary

In Chapter 9, Sasha runs to his Aunt Larisa's apartment. He doesn't want to alarm her in the middle of the night so he decides to sit outside her door until morning. But Aunt Larisa and her husband find him on the stairs. The husband scolds him. He could get them in trouble. Larisa is upset guessing that Sasha's father had been arrested. Sasha asks to stay just the night. He plans to speak to Stalin the next day. His uncle scoffs at the idea. His uncle tells Sasha to get lost. Larisa runs after him. She tells him that he can't stay there because they'd be arrested. They just had a baby and have to protect him. She pushes some money into his hand.

In Chapter 10, Sasha takes the stairs down to the basement of Aunt Larisa's apartment building. He finds...