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Love in Chains

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[BACKGROUND NOISE]

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Nazar,
pull it up tighter on the other end.

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Well, I think it's all tied up,
we can go with God.

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Oh, I gathered some pirozhki.

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If you stayed a little longer,
I'd cook you some proper food.

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What's with the hurry?

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Pavlina Yosipovna, enough.

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There's enough food to feed a regiment
in there.

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- Well, shall we get in?
- Yes.

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Good morning, Pan Jabloniewski!

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Happy trails, Pan Stefan.

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Good morning, Bogdan Yuryevich.

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Have your plans changed?

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You're departing?

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What about Mr Zhadan and his wife?

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Andrey Andreevich and Katerina Stepanovna
left on their wedding voyage before dawn.

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Is that so? How sudden.

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It was planned ahead,

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but the assassination attempt
ruined their plans, you see.

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They wanted to set out
right after the wedding, but as to where,

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they decided to keep that a secret
even from the people closest to them.

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We're ready to leave.
Shall we wait for you?

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I wouldn't wish to be a burden, besides,
the ladies are in the carriage already.

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Happy trails.

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Happy trails.

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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Andrey, can you do it now?

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We're God knows how far.

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Tell me where we're headed.

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Zurich awaits.

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The reply to my inquiry came
from the Zurich University

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the day before the wedding.

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They said they would be delighted
to enroll such a gifted student

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in their short anatomy course.

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They agreed to accept a woman?

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"Professors of medicine Jameson Bird,
Karl Fisher, and Philip Semmel…"

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"…would be happy to see me among their…"

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Andrey, it's… it's simply incredible, I…

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I'm very happy.

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But… what about our wedding voyage?

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It's enough for me to be near you
when your dream comes true.

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[UPBEAT MUSIC]

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[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

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Stop, stop! Whoa!

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What's goin on?

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Yarina Dorofeevna, Pavlina Yosipovna…

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This is where I am going to have
to leave you.

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I'm not going to Kiev either,
but nobody should know that for now.

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And where are you going?

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They've taken up a habit
of not explaining themselves.

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Makes my heart sink!

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That's actually what I'm going after:
an explanation.

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I shall notify you of my return by mail.

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My regards, Yarina Dorofeevna,
Pavlina Yosipovna…

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It'll all be clear by fall. You'll see.

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Giddap!

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Go!

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[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

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KIEV

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Look at that!

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Has someone finally
bought the count's mansion?

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FIVE MONTHS LATER

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Old Mykola, who's the prince
who's gonna be livin there now?

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Now that's none of your business, wench.

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Big mouths on you kids these days!

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Careful, careful!

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How come you're so clueless?

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The knives need to be
on the right-hand side.

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Quickly, turn around now, let me show you.

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Good afternoon. Am I late?

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- Have they arrived yet?
- Not yet.

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I'm so worried.

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Gone for five months now,
letters scarcer than hen's teeth.

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And me here, puzzling my head over
how to make this huge place habitable

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so it's to their liking.

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- You've done well, Yarina Dorofeevna.
- I have?

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I think you've got a real talent.

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I heard the door. They're here, damn them.

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- No they're not, that was Bogdan.
- They're here!

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Whoa!

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[UPBEAT MUSIC]

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By golly, what a house. It's a palace!

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Yarina Dorofeevna, they're here!

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God, how beautiful…

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Andrey, are we really going to live here?

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What matters is that you
and I will be happy here.

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Very happy.

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- Welcome back!
- Bogdan Yuryevich!

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Katerina Stepanovna!

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I'm glad to see you.

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Pavla!

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[UPBEAT MUSIC]

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Right, where's the auntie?

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I can't believe my eyes,
you're home at last!

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Well, take a look around.
Is everything the way you wanted?

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Is the palace to your liking?

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Yarina Dorofeevna!

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How can this beauty not be to our liking?

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Katya, my child!

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Let me have a look at you,
you're a real lady now!

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Pavla!

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What are you standing around for?

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Do you not know where
to carry the suitcases?

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Get a move on!

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How are you, Andrey? I was so worried.

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You were so weak when you left.

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Why did you have to risk it like that?

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Auntie,
why must you make everybody so worried?

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It's just a barely noticeable scar.

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Better show the new lady
of the house her domain,

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and Bogdan Yuryevich
and I shall go look at the study.

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Here you go.

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Let's go.

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Let's go, my child, let's go.

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Careful.

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What are you up to, Nazar?

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My heart's jumpin out of my chest!

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- Can I open my eyes yet?
- Wait, woman.

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You'll see,
while you were ridin around in Europe,

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I wasn't sittin on my hands neither.

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Careful…

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Well, this is where we're gonna live now.

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Yarina Dorofeevna wanted to furnish it,
but…

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I didn't let her.
Wanted to do it with my own hands.

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By golly!

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It's bad?

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It's that I don't know a thing
about lacework

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and such, I asked Aunt Pavla.

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What are you talkin about, Nazar?
I couldn't dream of such beauty!

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What a husband I have.

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And you've changed completely.

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Look like my Nazar,
but also like a Kiev bigwig.

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Well, now your husband isn't just anybody,
he's a factory smith.

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Andrey Andreevich wasn't lyin
when he said my hands would be valued here.

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I started learnin somethin else too.

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Look.

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So pretty.

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That's for our child's baptism.

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[UPBEAT MUSIC]

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Your return is very timely.

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There are affairs
that demand your presence.

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Have a look for yourself.

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It seems someone wants
to steal a piece of our pie.

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All right, fine, we'll handle this later.

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How was your Caucasus voyage?

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I don't know
why you sent me there so urgently,

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it would have been better if I had looked
into that Jabloniewski here…

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Since for five years now,
convict Stepan Georgievich Gnatkevich

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is considered to have dead
during an attempted escape from captivity.

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What do you mean, "considered"?
What happened?

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For the murder of his wife,

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Gnatkevich was convicted
to banishment to the Caucasus.

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I must say the fortress
he was sent to is gloomy.

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Every week someone would die there
in a raid by the mountain men.

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After two years,
during one of those raids,

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Gnatkevich was captured.

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I managed to find the mountain man
who brought the captives their food.

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He said Gnatkevich was held
with two foreigners.

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They spent almost two years together
in captivity,

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and they escaped together too.

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It happened at night,
they didn't know the mountains…

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Gnatkevich fell into a ravine.

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- Who identified him?
- A servant from the fortress.

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Of course, he was…
badly maimed from the fall.

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But the uniform was his for certain.

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She couldn't have! She couldn't have!

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10 YEARS AGO, KIEV

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No, no, no, no!

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You shouldn't… you shouldn't look at that.

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It's over.

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They're going to lead him out now.

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Andrey, can you hear me?

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I'm sorry, I… What did you say?
I didn't hear.

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I said I'm trying to find out who were
the foreigners that ran with Gnatkevich.

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A Caucasian servant had a broken-off piece
of the saber of one of them.

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With a coat-of-arms.

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I sent out requests to the Lithuanians,
the Poles, the Germans…

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And while I was at it,

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I asked around about our friend
from Nezhin.

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I hope we're never going to see him again.

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Not a word about this story to Katya.

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She's just starting to recover
from the horror she lived through,

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and to plan for the future.

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You mean, you really did it?

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You carved a living man
with your own hands?

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The professor was operating,
I just assisted.

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Held the clamps, handed the scalpel.

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But he said I had talent.

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These days, they save the mother
and the child - in extreme cases, I mean…

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using the cesarean section method.

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And they ease the pains of giving birth.

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I will be able to do all that,
deliver babies and perform surgery…

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Katya, a woman's suferrin
in givin birth is given for sins.

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Won't you anger God
with that science of yours?

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Pavla, how can helping someone be a sin?

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Well…

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Andrey promised to introduce me
to Dr Verkhovintsev.

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I'll work and study under him.

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Here, at our hospital?

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Is it really proper
for a young married woman

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to do such things?

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What will they say in our circles?

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And who,
who would ever go to a female doctor?

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Does it matter the sex of a person
if she is capable of easing the suffering

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and rid one from illness, Yarina Dorofeevna?

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Katya, well… That's all some delusion.

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Honestly.

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Havin children, watchin the house,

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that's what a wench's thoughts
should be about.

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Not all that…

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- All right. Jam?
- Yes.

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Thanks, Saveliy Stepanovich.

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KIEV, BEZUS' MANSION

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No, this will certainly not do.

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Cheap and tasteless.

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And this one is an exact copy
of Koreneva's last year's ball.

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Redo it and show me. The ball is tomorrow.

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I don't want to stain my name
because of you.

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Rogneda Vasilyevna, my dear,
don't worry so much.

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Ever since you replaced Koreneva as head
of the Ladies' Society for Charity,

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nobody has a shred of doubt left:

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the ball will be unforgettable.

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Now, about the guests.

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The Georgian prince Gelovani
has confirmed his presence,

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so you may give his name
to the newspapers.

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The ladies will be glad.

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What about the star of this season?
Have you spoken?

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Unfortunately,
there is still no answer from him.

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His presence
would really dress up the ball.

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I don't believe my fortune.

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The most gorgeous and vibrant members
of the ladies high society

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in the same room.

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My regards, ladies.

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And I have great news for you.

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Yevgeniy Antonovich, have you decided
to join us in organizing the ball?

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You are simply the perfect husband.

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Rogneda Vasilyevna, you are lucky.

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What news? Out with it.

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Well, I have quite a ways to go
to become the perfect husband,

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and my presence
wouldn't dress up your ball,

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but the person you fought to the death
over a year ago is back in Kiev.

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Andrey Andreevich Zhadan is back among us.

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I suppose that he and his young wife
would be glad to receive an invitation.

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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This color really flatters you,
Katerina Stepanovna.

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Doubtless, you will shine tonight.

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Oh, I don't know.

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00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,600
If I could, I would simply run
until all this would be left behind.

250
00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,040
Well, how goes the preparation
for her first social appearance?

251
00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,080
Worryingly, as if you don't know.

252
00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,680
It's no joke,
exchanging bows with all those noble pans

253
00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,320
and ladies all night,

254
00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:50,760
and bearing their stares…

255
00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,720
At least they will all know right away
how lucky I am to have my wife.

256
00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,480
True beauty needs to be adorned
in matching jewelry.

257
00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:57,800
How's this, will it do?

258
00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,360
Strange. It's a charity ball,
and the proceeds go to a noble cause.

259
00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,080
But preparing for it is all fuss
and spending money.

260
00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,160
Can't we simply donate the money
right away,

261
00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,640
without the balls and entertainment?

262
00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,240
You think like Andrey already.

263
00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,960
It's true what people say:
such a cup, such a cruse.

264
00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,480
How beautiful.

265
00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,240
You're threatening a sacred thing,
Katerina Stepanovna.

266
00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,800
Robbing the nobility
of their balls is tantamount

267
00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,280
to threatening their raison d'etre.

268
00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,120
Imagine how many, say,
medical contraptions one could buy

269
00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,680
for the price of those dresses.

270
00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,880
Your dress will be ready
in a couple of hours. All the best.

271
00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,560
Alas, my dear,
the high society does not forgive

272
00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,640
those who go up against tradition

273
00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,240
following their feelings.

274
00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,120
No matter how noble the cause behind it.

275
00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,000
Society does not forgive genuine desires,

276
00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,640
and less so if you're not one of them.

277
00:16:48,920 --> 00:17:05,640
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

278
00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,360
That's all, get out.

279
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,240
And don't run your mouth.

280
00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,360
Lev Petrovich is awake already.

281
00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,800
- I'll… go.
- Go!

282
00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,760
Liza?… Where's Lev?

283
00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,920
He's awake, I'm just going there.

284
00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,560
How was your walk, Larisa Viktorovna?

285
00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:38,640
Wonderful weather.

286
00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:40,520
It's a shame you didn't come.

287
00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:43,360
A note came for you,
they left it with the concierge.

288
00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,080
Thank you.

289
00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,440
Pyotr Ivanovich, I can't take it anymore.

290
00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,960
I feel like some kind of prisoner
in these four walls.

291
00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,640
We've been here for almost five months.

292
00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,080
How much longer? What are we waiting for?

293
00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,000
I'm always alone.

294
00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:07,400
It's like you've no time for me,
like you don't notice me at all.

295
00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,560
Like I enjoy sitting on my hands in here!

296
00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,280
What do I want in Kiev?

297
00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,480
As long as there is even a chance
of getting Chervinka back,

298
00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,360
I will stay here, and so will you.

299
00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,640
Because I said so.

300
00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,840
Because you're my wife
and you will listen to me.

301
00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,360
Is that clear?

302
00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:52,560
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

303
00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,240
At last.

304
00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,320
Pyotr Ivanovich,
there is a charity ball tonight.

305
00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,200
We can still buy tickets.

306
00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,040
Let's go, I beg you.

307
00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:05,760
Frol!

308
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,000
Get my frock and the carriage!

309
00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,680
- Mortgage immediately, he orders…
- Shall we go to the ball?

310
00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,600
What do I want with your ball?

311
00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,800
I've more pressing business.

312
00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:34,160
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

313
00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,200
Tell me, Mr Chervinskiy…

314
00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,920
Why do you need me, specifically?

315
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,360
Our reporters are highly professional,

316
00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,040
I'm certain
any one of them could help you.

317
00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,280
I have no doubts in that regard,
but this affair, you see…

318
00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,720
Is for the editor-in-chief's ears only.

319
00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:57,080
I'm certain that you will respond
with interest to my proposal.

320
00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:01,440
However, the bravery
of a true truth-searcher is required.

321
00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:18,520
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

322
00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,240
Most curious story… don't you find?

323
00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,920
I have enough similar material
for a whole series of stories.

324
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,520
If you accept, of course.

325
00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,440
Are you sure this isn't fantasy,
my good man?

326
00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,000
Slander is the enemy of the free press,
you know.

327
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:39,360
And angering a serious and influential man
without proper grounds…

328
00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,680
I assure you, I am completely certain

329
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,800
that everything is just the way
it's described there.

330
00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,640
I witnessed a part of the events myself.

331
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,120
Well then? When should I expect the story?

332
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,400
Well, the Kiev high society ladies' ball
takes place tonight.

333
00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,600
People will expect our feature story
on it tomorrow.

334
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,680
And after that…

335
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,120
I think I'm going to handle
this subject personally.

336
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,640
I'm certain that your hand
will make it captivatingly interesting.

337
00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:25,240
[BACKGROUND NOISE]

338
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,800
Well, here we are.

339
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,560
Ready?

340
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,480
Wait, Andrey.

341
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,160
Do we really have to be here tonight?

342
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,760
I understand how worried you are.

343
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,760
But I'm not going to comfort you by saying

344
00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,200
they're all kind people incapable
of hurting you.

345
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,720
For the most part,
they're hypocritical and lying people,

346
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,640
pluming themselves on their heritage.

347
00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:49,920
They don't see the person,

348
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,080
they see only his titles and fortunes.

349
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,560
When I first found myself in such circles,

350
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,480
I wanted to turn around and leave.

351
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,840
I couldn't watch that vanity fair.

352
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,120
But then I remembered why I had come,

353
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,000
and I realized they were necessary.

354
00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:09,840
They are an opportunity,

355
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,280
one that could be used for good.

356
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,320
I wouldn't want to force you.

357
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,960
Well, we could take the carriage home
right now, if you wish.

358
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,480
No, you're right.

359
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,440
Besides, this is part of your life.

360
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,520
Hiding would be silly and inappropriate.

361
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:36,720
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

362
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,160
Merchant of the First Guild
Andrey Andreevich Zhadan with his spouse.

363
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,960
Andrey Andreevich, at last.

364
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,120
It was overconfident of you
to disappear for so long.

365
00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:54,840
The ladies of Kiev were, of course,
saddened by your departure…

366
00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,440
However, you now have competitors.

367
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,280
Rogneda Vasilyevna, my regards.
Yevgeniy Antonovich.

368
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,800
I must disappoint the ladies of Kiev,

369
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,560
but my heart belongs forever

370
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:09,640
to the best of them: my wife.

371
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,360
Please meet Katerina Stepanovna Zhadan.

372
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,200
This is my friend,
State Councilor Yevgeniy Antonovich Bezus,

373
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,800
and his invariably charming wife,

374
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,400
Rogneda Vasilyevna.

375
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,040
Tonight's ball
is an affair of her iron will…

376
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,280
and kind heart.

377
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,440
Prepare yourself, Katerina Stepanovna.

378
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,120
You will be closely studied tonight.

379
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,680
You deprived the ladies
of an enviable suitor.

380
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,920
Don't worry,
I won't let any harm come to you.

381
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,800
You are under my protection tonight.

382
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,680
Yevgeniy Antonovich, I have something
to talk to you about tete-tete.

383
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:48,480
May I have a minute?

384
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,240
With pleasure. Ladies.

385
00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,840
Ladies and gentlemen, polonaise.

386
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:56,840
Come, Katerina.

387
00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:11,400
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

388
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:19,760
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

389
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,800
Thank you for your support,
Rogneda Vasilyevna.

390
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,800
To be quite honest,
I feel like a fish out of water.

391
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,880
I would like to run from this…
unwanted attention.

392
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,120
Well, Katya, I cannot promise you that.

393
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:36,000
Your and Andrey Andreevich's story
makes us curious,

394
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,640
it's a phenomenon.

395
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,200
But don't worry,
nobody wishes you ill here.

396
00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,280
Ladies, may I have your attention?

397
00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:47,120
I would like to introduce
Andrey Andreevich's wife,

398
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,720
Katerina Stepanovna Zhadan.

399
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,920
She's young, modest, and very nervous.

400
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,280
So I appeal to your kindness,
please be lenient.

401
00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,000
I mean no offense, Katerina Stepanovna,

402
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:02,960
but rumors of all kinds abound.

403
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,440
Is it true that you worked as a dishwasher
for the Korenevs?

404
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:14,280
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

405
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,600
No. I worked as a governess
for their oldest son.

406
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,120
I taught him German.

407
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,960
I pictured you completely different.

408
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,920
You look like a real lady.

409
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,600
I assume you are glad
to have this opportunity

410
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,880
to mingle with the high society,
so to speak.

411
00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,480
You come from very simple people, correct?

412
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,040
As do you, Natalya Pavlovna.

413
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,720
Your daddy was a shopkeeper,
if I am not mistaken.

414
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,120
However, unlike you,
this young lady does not try to disguise

415
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,880
snobbishness and a lack
of tact aristocratic.

416
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:50,400
Excuse me, I must find my husband.

417
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:52,520
I beg your pardon.

418
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,760
Why did you do that to her?

419
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,960
She didn't mean ill,
it was just idle curiosity.

420
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,840
I loathe people who pretend
to be aristocrats by birth.

421
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,080
The only thing noble about the Kryakovs
is the title they purchased.

422
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,320
But they have the conceit
of at least a royal family.

423
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,440
Everyone must know their place,

424
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,480
and never have designs on someone else's.

425
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:30,360
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

426
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,040
I don't understand at all.

427
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,480
I investigated,
the knife really was stolen.

428
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,120
But by whom, and to what end?
Gnatkevich is dead!

429
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,680
The goals are most clear, believe me.

430
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,800
Who else could know about what happened?

431
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,240
Nobody, you know very well nobody could.

432
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,880
What do they say at the parlor?

433
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,240
Perhaps somebody came and asked questions.

434
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,120
Bogdan says nobody has been asking around
about anything of the sort.

435
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,600
I haven't told him the details,
so assume he knows nothing.

436
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,720
Why now in particular?
After so many years?

437
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,800
I beg you. You can do it.

438
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,440
I know for certain that you can,
I've been told that you can help me.

439
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,440
- Have mercy on me.
- Oh come, come, come.

440
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,880
My dear, I'm no beast, no monster.

441
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,760
Of course I'll help you,
though I'm not almighty.

442
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,280
Of course I will.

443
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:34,920
No, no, no. No!

444
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,320
Why, how… Andrey,
that is merely an unpleasant coincidence.

445
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,160
Simply… the knives looked similar,
you could have confused them.

446
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:43,680
10 years had passed, after all.

447
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,520
I will never forget that knife.

448
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,360
I could never confuse it with any other,
not even in a fever dream.

449
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,560
Dead people don't come back to life.

450
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,440
We both know full well
that you've no reason to blame yourself.

451
00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:56,480
You did all you could.

452
00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:02,960
[EERIE MUSIC]

453
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:10,760
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

454
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,120
So how do you find the ball,
Katerina Stepanovna?

455
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,680
This is your first time, isn't it?

456
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,600
The idea with the Luxemburgerli
is wonderful, is it not?

457
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,600
Tatyana Romanovna, you shouldn't confuse
our guest with such questions.

458
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:24,960
It is simply unfair.

459
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:27,920
Oh come now, Rogneda Vasilyevna,
I'm not confused in the least.

460
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,080
Allow me to voice my delight:
the ball is simply marvelous.

461
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,080
Of course,
I've nothing with which to compare,

462
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,240
but the decoration, and the musicians,

463
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,720
and the flower arrangements are striking.

464
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,600
As for the Luxemburgerli…

465
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,520
they were my favorite dessert in Zurich.

466
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,120
Although at first I thought
they were part of the decor.

467
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,840
- You don't dare!
- Oh, I dare!

468
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,720
I asked Olga Platonovna first!

469
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,520
While you were consumed
by your flame Ryabninskaya.

470
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,600
You are such a scoundrel in your fancies!

471
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,840
I will ask you to talk to me
without the unnecessary agitation.

472
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,200
- I will ask you to step away!
- That's quite enough.

473
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:06,880
Why don't you have a pistol duel too?

474
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,760
Squabbling over the ownership of me,
as if I'm merchandise.

475
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,200
I have no intention of dancing with you,
nor you.

476
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,240
After all,
I am not here for you or your bickering.

477
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,480
Markiyan Ivanovich, I need you.

478
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,160
But you were not on the list,
Olga Platonovna.

479
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,920
And the ladies of the Kiev society
will hardly accept.

480
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,040
Markiyan Ivanovich, let us be frank.

481
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,760
The rules of the auction state
that until the opening of the pavilion,

482
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,040
anyone may add their lot.

483
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,920
That is precisely what I am going to do.

484
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,440
I would like to present at the auction
the perfume from my own manufactory.

485
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,640
And you'll allow me,

486
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,720
despite the outrage
of the entire Ladies' Society for Charity.

487
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,120
Well, Olga Platonovna, that is…

488
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,760
Your pavilion is that one on the far end.

489
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,400
We'll be starting soon, hurry.

490
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:13,120
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

491
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:17,040
Yevgeniy Antonovich, you must intervene
in this outrageous situation,

492
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,160
or we will not avoid a scandal.

493
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,120
Why, have you decided
to declare war on her

494
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,480
in the name of morality and ethics?

495
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,760
Your irony is inappropriate.

496
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,960
Yes, I do care about our social standing,
even if you neglect to.

497
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,080
Please.

498
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,280
On what grounds would I turn away
Korenev's goddaughter?

499
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,440
Much as I adore you,
what is this nonsense?

500
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:45,880
Nonsense?

501
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,280
That person is making
a farce out of the ball

502
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,480
of which we find ourselves the hosts.

503
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,160
Any scandal could cloud my reputation
and, dare I say, yours as well.

504
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,960
This wench is inexcusably brash,

505
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,560
insulting morality
and disregarding our social fabric.

506
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,480
Rogneda Vasilyevna, I beg you,

507
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,280
forget morality
and the fabric of our dear society

508
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,800
even for one night.

509
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,440
Participating in the auction was supposed
to be enjoyable to you,

510
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,880
since it’s for your pet cause.

511
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,680
Yevgeniy Antonovich,
I understand that the idea of dignity

512
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,880
and wishing not to stain
the family name seems absurd to you.

513
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,960
Where you're used
to spending your evenings…

514
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,560
It must be in bad taste
to think of such things.

515
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,560
However, I will ask you to remember
what decency means.

516
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,000
Here, it is regarded well.

517
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,480
So what would you have me do,
throw her out by force?

518
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,200
That does not interest me.

519
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,480
I hope you'll manage to think of a way

520
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,760
worthy of our family's standing.

521
00:31:53,880 --> 00:32:05,520
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

522
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,280
Roman Petrovich, hurry,
all the pavilions are open already.

523
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,760
Put them on the table,
I'll arrange them properly myself.

524
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,560
Olga Platonovna, don't waste your time.

525
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,880
Let the servant put your perfumes back.

526
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,240
What do you mean, Yevgeniy Antonovich?

527
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,440
Let's not call unnecessary attention
to ourselves.

528
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,400
It's that your commerce offends
the noble ladies' feelings.

529
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,320
If you are talking about your wife,

530
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,240
then her noble feelings are the last thing
I am worried about in this world.

531
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,360
Olga Platonovna, but…

532
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,800
Why would you start a scene
and attach an infamy to your name?

533
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,080
I beg you, go home.

534
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,560
My concern is your wellbeing.

535
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,440
You should be concerned
about your own wellbeing instead,

536
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:55,040
since unlike yours,
mine isn't threatened by your wife's heel.

537
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,120
Get it away, now.

538
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:11,120
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

539
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,760
What impudence!

540
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,600
An unscrupulous person.

541
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,120
She should have been banned
from decent places a long time ago.

542
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,400
Did she genuinely believe
she would be allowed

543
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,200
to do her commerce here?

544
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,240
What is so horrible about
what Olga Platonovna did?

545
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,480
All she wished was to take part
in the auction,

546
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,960
to help the poor women living
in the street.

547
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,960
To contribute to a noble cause,
like all of you.

548
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,720
You see, Katerina Stepanovna…

549
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,480
You must not be aware of this.

550
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:41,320
But a year ago,
that person disgraced your husband.

551
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,400
And after a big scandal,

552
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,120
she broke off their engagement.

553
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,680
Her own father threw her out of his house.

554
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,200
I am well aware of everything
that transpired

555
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,240
between Olga Platonovna and Andrey.

556
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:53,920
I am very grateful to her

557
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,000
for being brave enough
to rectify her mistake,

558
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,960
despite being condemned by the public.

559
00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,840
That is very noble of her.

560
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:03,360
We disagree on what it means to be noble,
it seems.

561
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,800
In any case,
this is no place for the likes of her.

562
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,480
I will not allow some fille de joie
ruin my charity ball

563
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:13,920
with some cheap scandal.

564
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,280
On the even of Yevgeniy Antonovich being
awarded the Order St Anne for good deeds.

565
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,960
I thought the purity of one's intentions
and deeds did not depend

566
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,400
on their status and standing.

567
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:27,600
Just like nobility needs no medals,
it's strange that you worry about them.

568
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,680
Ladies, please excuse me…

569
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,640
but I must steal Katerina Stepanovna
from you.

570
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,560
The auction is starting,
and we need to present our lot soon.

571
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:36,720
Darling, shall we?

572
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,280
Please excuse us.

573
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:49,320
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

574
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,360
Portrait of Pani Schleifer,
by Pavel Andreevich Schleifer.

575
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,400
A wonderful mantle clock, Mr Bukhteev.

576
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,000
His Excellency Galagan
lends the auction some rare books.

577
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,520
And Mr Christer, some Saxon jewelry.

578
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:06,000
Also, a surprise lot will be presented
by a guest who will arrive later.

579
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:10,400
And for now,
Mr Zhadan will present his unique lot:

580
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,640
a European mechanical oddity.

581
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,720
Ladies and gentlemen,
we expect you to be generous tonight.

582
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,520
Thank you.

583
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:22,320
The whole world is enthralled
by the rush of technical progress.

584
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,480
Steam machines, engines, tramway…

585
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,680
We live in fascinating times,
and they will change our lives forever.

586
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,160
I've brought some proof of this
from Europe.

587
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:39,240
You've likely had an opportunity to hear
the gentle tune of a Swiss music box.

588
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,640
- Yes.
- But you've never heard one like this.

589
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:47,120
I have a little secret:
I love romance songs very much.

590
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,200
Gentle and piercing, particularly

591
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:53,120
when performed by my wife.

592
00:35:54,720 --> 00:36:00,000
[APPLAUSE]

593
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,640
[PLAYS PIANO]

594
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:29,760
[SINGS ROMANCE SONG]

595
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:42,800
[SINGS ROMANCE SONG]

596
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,000
Excuse me.

597
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:57,600
[SINGS ROMANCE SONG]

598
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:18,920
[SINGS ROMANCE SONG]

599
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:24,280
[APPLAUSE]

600
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,600
That was wonderful.

601
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,520
Naturally, sometimes I am unable
to hear my beloved sing.

602
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,080
My wife may not be home, or she may…

603
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,360
refuse to make her music.

604
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:40,560
Andrey Andreevich,
have you lost your wits?

605
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:45,000
How could a wife refuse to do something
that pleases her husband?

606
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,960
Yevgeniy Antonovich,
we see marriage differently.

607
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:57,080
However,
thanks to the genius of technology,

608
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,840
soon we will not be upset
about missing a concert

609
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,160
of our favorite prima donna,

610
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:03,840
or even an entire orchestra.

611
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:05,680
We will listen to music at home,

612
00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:09,400
whenever we wish,
and however long we wish.

613
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:27,320
[CONTRAPTION PLAYS MELODY]

614
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:34,000
[APPLAUSE]

615
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,400
This is simply incredible!

616
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,480
And we expect your generosity
to be just as incredible.

617
00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:42,520
I did not expect you
to grace us with your presence.

618
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,960
Mr Bukhteev, 600.
Mr Christer, do you raise, 650?

619
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,880
Why have you taken so long
with your answer?

620
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,560
I couldn't miss the most beautiful event
of the season.

621
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,880
What secret lot are you going to present?

622
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,480
I'm dying of curiosity.

623
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:01,720
As the host of this ball,

624
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,160
I simply demand
that you pull back the curtain.

625
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,000
Stefan Janovich,
this is simply unbelievable.

626
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,680
That is the most fashionable painter
in Paris.

627
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:12,920
That's Delacroix!

628
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:17,920
You've prepared the biggest sensation
of our humble ball.

629
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:19,080
Thank you.

630
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,160
But I will ask you

631
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:26,360
not to belittle the success
of Zhadan's lot with his wife.

632
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,880
I will gladly concede my first place
to him for a noble cause.

633
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:32,440
Oh leave it.

634
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,040
Who is interested
in that mechanical silliness?

635
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,480
But genuine art…

636
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,480
Mr Bukhteev has managed to win after all.

637
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,680
And Zhadan's box is now ours.

638
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,560
Tatyana Romanovna, get a grip on yourself.

639
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,000
Your excitement is inappropriate.

640
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,600
You are at a charity function,
not a bazaar.

641
00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:54,480
Andrey Andreevich,

642
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,040
I has this idea
for a lucrative investment…

643
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,200
Gentlemen,
I suggest we discuss it in a quieter place.

644
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,000
Stefan Janovich,
you haven't visited with us since Paris.

645
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,160
Tell us, what did you see?

646
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,760
What do Parisians live
and breathe these days?

647
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,800
Ladies, please excuse me.

648
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,040
Katerina Stepanovna.

649
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,640
Tell me this isn't an illusion or a dream.

650
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:23,920
Is this really you?

651
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:25,440
Hello, Stefan Janovich.

652
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,400
I'm very glad to see you.

653
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,760
To be honest, I feel embarrassed
about our sudden departure.

654
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,400
We hadn't even the time to say goodbye.

655
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,040
What a surprise, Katya,

656
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:37,200
you know Kiev society's favorite
Prince Jabloniewski?

657
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:38,680
How did this come to be?

658
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,840
You and your husband were away

659
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,320
while Stefan Janovich
was charming our ladies.

660
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:45,480
The prince is my savior.

661
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,960
Fortuitously, he was in Nezhin
after the attempt on Andrey.

662
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,680
When I was
in an extremely difficult position.

663
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:56,960
It seems, Katya,
that fate is testing your resolve.

664
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,160
You need to be saved so often!

665
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,240
Ladies and gentlemen, the Viennese Waltz.

666
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,000
Katerina Stepanovna, forgive my boldness.

667
00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:11,600
Allow me the honor of engage you
for a dance.

668
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:17,760
With pleasure.

669
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:30,000
[WALTZ MUSIC]

670
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,440
Thank you for saving me
from that awkward conversation.

671
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:38,160
How did you manage
to get so much attention

672
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,320
of the city's biggest philanthropist?

673
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,000
We had a difference of opinion
regarding certain aspects of charity.

674
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,840
Tread lightly, Katerina Stepanovna.

675
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,160
There is no enemy more terrible
than charitable ladies.

676
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,200
I have no designs on a place
in the Ladies' Society for Charity.

677
00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:00,040
So I hope Pani Bezus shall have
no interest in my person.

678
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,120
I am very glad to see that my present
was to your liking.

679
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,160
That you wear it.

680
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:13,560
To be frank, tonight is the first time
I've worn these earrings.

681
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,120
I had no need for such beauty.

682
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,560
What about your wedding voyage?

683
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,080
Did you really pass on every social event?

684
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:33,080
When I was in Paris,
I thought I would meet you there.

685
00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,640
I even asked after you.

686
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,360
After all,
it is the most romantic of cities.

687
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,280
Our voyage
could hardly be called romantic.

688
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:47,200
However, I am very grateful to Andrey
that it was the way it was.

689
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:49,040
We were in Zurich.

690
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,760
I studied medicine.

691
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,920
I attended surgeries!

692
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,400
I learned so much…

693
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,560
I would like to continue my studies here.

694
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:02,640
Until the newspaper announced that Zhadan
and his wife would be at the ball,

695
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:07,400
Prince Jabloniewski was in no hurry
to accept our invitation.

696
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,920
And today,
he sent a lovely letter full of thanks,

697
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,040
and agreed to present his lot…

698
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,080
I would like to become a doctor.

699
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,160
I wish to be useful in some way, at least.

700
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,040
Katerina Stepanovna,
you're the most unusual woman

701
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:24,920
I have ever seen.

702
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,760
Do you think he's here because of her?

703
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:29,760
I don't know.

704
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,280
But such coincidences give one pause.

705
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:34,800
Don't you agree?

706
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:38,520
And at first glance,
she's as mild as a dove.

707
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,760
Ladies and gentlemen, waltz.

708
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:50,760
Katerina Stepanovna,

709
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,520
please don't think me rude
if I ask for another dance.

710
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,600
I would loath to end our conversation.

711
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:03,400
Unless you wish to be back
in Pani Bezus' company, of course.

712
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:19,480
[WALTZ MUSIC]

713
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,160
Well, Andrey Andreevich,
the investment is certain,

714
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:23,480
with good prospects.

715
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:25,360
Surely I don't have to tell you this.

716
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,240
Darling,
you should leave Andrey Andreevich be.

717
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,880
He may have far more pressing affairs
than those investments of yours.

718
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,240
What do you refer to, Madame Bukhteeva?

719
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,840
A picture is worth a thousand words.

720
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,720
Here is my advice:
leave this business discussion

721
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:42,960
and go to the dancers.

722
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:44,120
Gentlemen.

723
00:44:50,800 --> 00:45:12,640
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

724
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:14,080
Outrageously scandalous.

725
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,640
Two dances in a row with the same suitor.

726
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:18,120
And her husband is alive and well!

727
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,920
Yes, this Katerina Stepanovna
is not so simple after all.

728
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,920
It seems we should show compassion
for Pan Zhadan.

729
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:31,560
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

730
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,840
I must note, they really are a good match.

731
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:36,120
They could have made a beautiful couple.

732
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:40,320
However, it seems we're about to witness
something rather exciting.

733
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:42,480
Pan Jabloniewski.

734
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:52,120
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]