Chapter 21
Flight
This
chapter begins with Margarita’s departure from her magnificent flat, her old
life and ends with her coming back to Moscow, to the house of unknown foreigner.
We
have seen that she has become a witch. She is full of energy and curiosity…ready
to face any challenge that may befall her way.
She
does not yet reach his house, but all other formalities, like giving her a
ceremonial bath, welcome dance by witches accompanied by a beautiful orchestra
are completed. She is now physically and mentally ready to plunge into a new
life!
It
is still Friday night. We seem to forget count of time…so many things happening
in such short duration of time…the mysteries of nature unfolding before
Margarita…
On
her way to the river on the brush, Margarita stops at a few places. She destroys
everything in Latunsky’s flat. She was able to fly invisibly …she was entering
various flats in the building of writers and dramatists….her anger is thus
slowly dissipating…after complete devastation of DRAMLIT, she calms down a little…well,
she had punished those who had tortured her Master.
On
her way to river she meets Natasha as well, who too has become a witch like
Margarita. She was riding a big boar, who was none other than Nikolai
Ivanovich. Nikolai Ivanovich had gone upstairs to return the shirt that
Margarita had thrown upon him while flying out of her flat.
On
entering Margarita’s bed room he finds Natasha who was completely naked and flying
in the room. She had smeared the remaining cream on her body. Nikolai Ivanovich
tells her that he loves her, calls her Venus. Natasha smears some cream on his
bald head and he gets converted into a boar. Natasha was riding on his back.
Nikolai Ivanovich was holding his briefcase with important papers in his mouth…
Margarita
reaches river bank…she is accorded traditional welcome ….and she is taken to
the foreigner in a car!
Bulgakov
describes very beautifully different shades of Margarita’s mood….He simply
mesmerizes the readers with his description of Margarita’s flight…the lonely
full moon accompanying her…the magical rivers resembling swords, when
Margarita looked at them from the
sky…the forests of maples…the calm and quite river bank. As a jarring note to
this serene atmosphere reverberates Natasha’s laughter and her answer that she
too has the right to fly like her mistress; that is why she had applied cream
on her body. The cheerful, naked, fat man from Enisei helps us to know that
Margarita is known to all those witches and other extra-terrestrial creatures
as Queen Margo. Her mannerism too gets modified in a very dignified way.
The
meeting with the mysterious foreigner takes place in next chapter and many
unbelievable things are going to happen…
We
shall be with Margarita…
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