DRAMATIS PERSONÆ OF ACT III.
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Akím.
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Anyútka.
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ACT III.
Peter's hut. Winter. Nine months have passed since the Second Act. Anísya, in everyay attire, working at the loom. Anyútka on the oven. Mitrich, the hired hand.
Scene I.
Mítrich (walks in slowly. Takes off his coat). O Lord, be merciful! Has the master returned?
Anísya. What?
Mítrich. Has Nikíta come back from town?
Anísya. No.
Mítrich. He is evidently on a spree. O Lord!
Anísya. Have you done your work on the threshing-floor?
Mítrich. Of course. I have fixed everything as is proper, and have covered it with straw. I don't like to do things by halves. O Lord! Merciful St. Nicholas! (Picking his callosities.) It is time for him to be back.
Anísya. Why should he be in a hurry? He has money, so, I suppose, he is celebrating with a girl—
Mítrich. He has money,—then why not celebrate? What did Akulína go to town for?
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