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 that is all the difference between them. So, whom are you to be afraid of? Pea-pie choke them!

(calling). Well, are you coming?

. Oh! Yes, it is better this way! I am coming! (Goes toward the yard.)

. It is time to start,—the church is far off.

. Just let the stepfather bless them. Where is he?

. He will be here in a minute, my dear, he will. Take another glass,—don't refuse me!

. What keeps him away? We have been waiting so long.

. He will come,—in a minute. He will be here before a clean-shaven girl will have plaited her braids. Take another glass, my dear guests! (Serves them.) He will be here at once. Pretty girls, sing another song in the meantime!