DRAMATIS PERSONÆ OF ACT II.
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Peter.
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Nikíta.
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ACT II.
The scene represents a street and Peter's hut. On the left of the spectators is the hut in two parts, and the vestibule, with a porch in the middle; on the right are the gate and a corner of the yard. In the corner of the yard Anísya is beating hemp. Six months have passed since the first act.
SCENE I. Anísya alone.
Anísya (stops working, and listens). He is again growling. He must have climbed down from the oven.
Scene II. Anísya and Akulína (enter, with pails on a yoke).
Anísya. He is calling. Go and see what is the matter with him! Hear him howling!
Akulína. What about you?
Anísya. Go, I tell you! (Akulina goes into the hut.)
Scene III. Anísya alone.
Anísya. He is wearing me out: he will not tell me where the money is, and that is the end of it. The other day he was in the vestibule, so he must have hidden it
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