Men on a Business Trip

In the first novel, a husband tells his wife that he is leaving on a business trip for a couple of days. She wants to knit a pullover for him. While shopping for the wool she happens to see his car parked in a street. Evidently, her husband is being unfaithful. However, what should she do - kick up a row or preserve her family? In the second novel, the elderly auditor Kantarev goes to a business trip. At a restaurant he notices that a young waitress is being polite with him. In his mind's eye, he is picturing the details of a possible one-night stand. The young waitress invites him to her home and ... introduces him to her husband as her schoolmaster - whom she still fondly remembers. The third novel takes place on the set of a film. The episode, which is being filmed, features a young actress. Her boyfriend, who is on leave from the army, has only a few minutes to spare. Bizhev, the production manager, is making up to the actress. Take after take are being shot and the two young people cannot have a few words undisturbed. Then Bizhev kicks the basket in which the cats needed in the episode are kept. The cats scatter. That gives the lovers an opportunity of getting together. Bizhev sets out in search of replacement cats.