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 (in the vestibule). Iván, let us go,—it is time!

. Right away! (Exit. People crowd in the vestibule, and drive away.)

(running out of the vestibule and beckoning to Anísya). Mamma!

(from a distance). What is it?

. Mamma, come here, or they will hear me. (Goes with her to the barn.)

. Well, what is it? Where is Akulína?

. 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.

. Maybe she can wait. Let us first see off the guests.

. 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!

. Don't be afraid, she won't. Don't go to her. Go! (Anísya and Anyútka exeunt.)

. 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