A Woman's Voice (in the vestibule). Iván, let us go,—it is time!
Suitor. Right away! (Exit. People crowd in the vestibule, and drive away.)
Scene IV. Anísya and Anyútka.
Anyútka (running out of the vestibule and beckoning to Anísya). Mamma!
Anísya (from a distance). What is it?
Anyútka. Mamma, come here, or they will hear me. (Goes with her to the barn.)
Anísya. Well, what is it? Where is Akulína?
Anyútka. She has gone to the granary. She is carrying on awfully there! Truly, "I have no more strength," says she. "I will cry out," says she, "as loud as I can." Truly.
Anísya. Maybe she can wait. Let us first see off the guests.
Anyútka. Oh, mamma! It is hard for her. And she is so angry. "Their drinking on my account is all in vain," says she. "I will not marry. I will sooner die," says she. Mamma, I am afraid she may die. I am awfully afraid!
Anísya. Don't be afraid, she won't. Don't go to her. Go! (Anísya and Anyútka exeunt.)
Scene V. Mítrich (alone. Comes from the gate and picks up the scattered hay).
Mítrich. O Lord, merciful St. Nicholas! What a lot of liquor they have used up! And how it smells! It stinks even here in the yard from it. No, I don't want it,—go to! How they have scattered the hay! They don't eat it, but only nose through it. There will be a whole bundle of it. Oh, what a smell! Almost under my
