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Miss! I brought you some broth with profiteroles.

Eat something.

Take it away.

I'm not hungry.

You're with a child. You need to eat for him.

I said take it away!

How could you do this? How?

Me? What are you talking about, ma'am?

What have we done to you?

And Liddy?

Yes, she was strict, sometimes harsh.

But burning her alive?

It's horrible. You're barbarians!

Savages!

Horrible, ignorant, wild people!

What have we done to deserve this?

What had Liddy done?

Don't be angry at me...

but she buried Katria alive.

So she deserved what she got, ma'am.

Alive...

She's alive...

Oh God. Grigoriy Petrovich, what happened?

The horse unseated me.

The stallion?

Yes.

Either he wanted a mare, or he was spooked. So, I fell down.

Are you all right? Shall I send for the doctor?

No need.

Better get together some trusted men...

and comb the woods around Shefer's estate.

What for?

We'll help the gendarmes catch the runaway Shefer's rebels.

There are two or three of them.

One is...

very young,

a boy.

We need to catch him first.

It was him who set the manor on fire.

Now?

No, tomorrow.

Of course now! Immediately!

Don't leave any stone unturned in these woods. Got it?

-Yes, sir. -Move!

-What is this? -Grisha!

Natalie!

Grisha!

-What happened? -Grisha!

What is it?

Grisha! Never leave me alone again, do you hear?

Never!

Did someone hurt you?

No. But they all want us dead. They are savages! Grisha!

-You're overreacting. -No.

-Yes. -No!

They'll kill us, do you hear? Like they killed Liddy. They'll kill us!

Nonsense. Our men aren't like this.

I'll tell Pavlina to make you a sleeping potion.

No! Don't go. Just stay with me, please.

Don't abandon me ever again.

Yakov Yuhymovych,

it's Shefer's land behind that oak.

Shall we go there?

No.

It's none of our business. Let the gendarmes look there.

Why is our master suddenly helping the gendarmes?

Shut your mouth.

It's none of your business. We're doing what we were told.

Let's go.

There is no one here.

My Katrusia!

What had she done to deserve this?

My sweet Katrusia!

My poor girl.

Aunt Pavla, you should have some rest.

I'll rest in my grave.

Enough!

You have already added salt twice.

If you don't want to lie down, sit here.

I'll do it myself.

You are no good right now.

What if you add pepper to the masters' coffee?

What will happen then?

Well...

Do I need to add wine to the sauce?

Do you hear me?

Shall I add wine to the sauce?

Yes.

Half a glass.

Well?

Nothing.

Our woods are clear. You don't need to worry.

You didn't look hard enough.

We were there all night. There is no one there.

All right.

How much cash do I have?

Almost 75,000.

Plus...

1,500 more rubles. All in all, 76,000.

What do you think

the Shefer estate's price is now?

After the fire and with half the peasants on the run?

About 60,000 or 70,000.

Order to get my carriage ready.

Now.

Aunt Pavlina.

Give me a bowl of soup for Nazar.

Hush.

Leave Aunt Pavla alone. Don't you see she's not well?

Ask me if you need something.

Galia, for God's sake...

let me take some soup.

He's starving. He might die.

Are you mad?

Give it to me.

Don't I know how it feels being sick?

I've been lying there all beaten up not long ago, too.

Here.

Thank you.

Wait.

I'll give you bread and fatback, too.

A thin soup

won't do much good right now.

Here.

Thank you, Galia. You have a kind heart.

Look at her!

The quiet girl...

was waiting for her chance to roll in the hay with the blacksmith.

Galia!

Don't spoil your good deed with poison.

Don't huh me!

And don't put the lead on. If the broth boils over, I'll show you!

Orysia...

You...

Thank you.

Eat.

Don't worry.

I'll marry you as soon as I'm back on my feet.

Don't talk, or you'll choke on it.

I understand.

I'm not an evil man.

We will get married when I'm better.

Nazar...

You don't love me.

I don't want you to be with me...

out of pity.

No, I don't love you.

My heart is with Katia. But she is in the grave...

and so is my heart.

You see? Eat.

My heart is dead,

but my conscience is alive.

Is it so bad

if I want to protect you from gossip

and fishwives? Orysia...

I will never be happy again.

But I'll never hurt you.

Why don't you say anything?

Orysia?

NEZHIN THE DOROSHENKO MANSION

Here!

Nikolay Aleksandrovich.

Katia? You?

Me.

Are you alive?

Nobody knows that I am. Help me.

Come with me.

Has anyone seen you?

I don't think so.

Come inside.

Tell me everything.

Grig, don't abandon me. I'll lose my mind here alone!

-What shall we do? -Grisha.

I can't stay. I have errands in the city. The bank, the city council.

I can't drop everything and sit here with you.

Take me with you!

Let's go together. I promise I won't be a burden.

It's impossible.

-Why? -I'm riding there.

You in your situation aren't allowed to.

Some other time, my darling.

Grig, don't go. I'm scared.

Nonsense. You're absolutely safe here.

All right!

If you are so scared, why don't you stay with your father in Nezhin?

It's safe there.

For a while.

Will you stay there with me, Grig?

I'll drive you there.

Just let's go right now, all right?

Nikolay Aleksandrovich, please have pity on me.

I'll do whatever you say.

Clean, cook, sew, mop the floors. I can do anything.

Enough, Katia. It's not possible.

You deny me.

I understand.

I'm a runaway now. You have to...

You should take me to the police, then!

Just not to the Chervinskys, I'm begging you!

Stop it!

Of course I'll help you.

But you can't stay here.

What shall I do?

I don't know yet.

No, I do. First of all, you need to wash yourself and eat.

There is a jag of water behind the screen.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

What is it, Aunt Pavla?

-Aren't you ashamed of yourself? -What?

Marry her.

-I asked. She said no. -Then you asked the wrong way.

I said I asked her and she said no. What do you want from me?

Just you wait! I'll strangle you with my own hands if you hurt this girl.

Got it?

Grig...

maybe we should have asked for a gendarme convoy.

Nonsense.

Nezhin is a stone throw from here.

It's broad daylight. Who would attack us?

How can you speak lightly about it?

I won't survive it if something happens to you.

Promise me, promise right now

that we will stay at Papa's until Lidiya's killers are arrested.

-Promise me right now, please. -Natalie!

Nobody will hurt you. I won't let them.

Do you believe me?

We'll stay at your father's for as long as we need.

Nikolay, my dear, are you here?

Since when do you knock on your own door?

Since when do you enter without permission?

Who is she?

No, I don't want to know.

It's my house! Not a brothel!

-There is no place... -This isn't what you think.

She's not my mistress.

Who is she, then?

This girl is in trouble. She needs my help.

Your help?

Yes.

She was Aleksey's fiancée.

Katerina Verbitskaya?

I knew I saw her face somewhere.

Wait.

Isn't she dead?

As you can see, she isn't.

Get up, my dear.

I don't know what you told my son,

but you can't stay here.

She isn't going anywhere.

Grig.

Won't you come in to say hi to Papa?

It's all right.

-Tell him I'll come back later. -But...

Enough.

To the land office.

Go!

So she is a runaway, too.

Not just a runaway but the daughter of the chief rebel.

And you want to hide her in my house!

What do you suggest?

Turn her in to the gendarmes?

Liddy is dead. They don't care about Katia.

-Don't come in! -Natalya Aleksandrovna is here.

What a bad timing.

Nikolay Aleksandrovich! Please! I'm begging you!

Don't give me to the Chervinskys.

This isn't going to happen.

Natalie can't know about it.

Chervinsky doesn't have any rights for this girl.

It's none of their business.

We have to help her.

Maybe this is her chance.

You need to go.

As quick and as far away as possible.

To a big city where you can disappear.

Kharkov, Odessa...

-Kiev. -Why not.

Take care of it.

Make sure she isn't here by tonight.

NEZHIN LAND OFFICE

You want to buy the Shefer estate?

The one that was burned down? Now?

Yes. As quick as possible.

There are no heirs, as far as I understand. Is that right?

That's right. Everything will go to the state and be sold,

but it takes time.

Time for what?

To do the estimates and prepare for the auction.

An auction?

Who would want these embers?

Well, not exactly.

There is 3,000 desiatina of land.

Mr. Suslov has already made inquiries.

His Talalayevka borders with the Shefer lands.

Mr. Kudametov...

can we speed it up?

Skip the auction?

We can.

I'm ready to do it now.

Don't rush.

Without the inspection, it would be sold at the old price,

and at the auction you can buy it for a song.

Wait a month or two.

I'm not going to wait.

How much?

150,000.

Get the deed ready.

I'm sorry, Papa.

Well...

You need to take your mind off all this.

Tell me something good.

There has to be something good.

God.

Papa!

You don't know yet!

You will be a grandfather soon.

We're expecting.

How wonderful!

My dear girl! Congratulations.

Papa, where is Nicholas? I want to share the good news with him.

He'll join us soon.

I'll go find him.

Natalie! Not now.

Papa, this is outrageous! Not coming out to meet his sister!

How about another bowl?

One more spoonful.

I can't.

Your borsch is so rich.

Like it was cooked for the masters!

Thank you, baby.

You should eat some, too.

You must be tired.

You've done so much.

I'm not strong enough to keep the house in order anymore,

and Panas is a man.

He's doing his best, but he's not a woman.

It's all right. I'll take care of it now.

Eat, baby.

I'll wait for Panas.

What?

I was thinking...

Maybe

my son will be happy after all.

Mother.

How are you?

You must be hungry.

Wait,

and I'll feed you.

No, we'll feed you.

Right, Galia?

What?

What are you waiting for?

Clean up, call your brother, and sit down to eat before it gets cold.

You'll have to travel by relay.

This way you won't attract unwanted attention.

Here you are.

Brother, you've been disrespectful.

You didn't even come down to say hello.

I'm sorry, Natalie.

What's there?

Nothing. Go to Father. I'll join you in a minute.

A surprise?

Go. I'll come down.

I have a surprise for you, too.

Aren't you going to ask what it is?

Natalie, leave me alone!

You have to.

Go!

Whatever you say.

I'll be in the parlor if you deign to join me.

You'll have to hide your hair under a scarf.

They stand out too much.

I'll give you money and a letter of recommendation for a family I know.

You speak French, don't you?

Great. I hope it will help you earn a position as a governess.

MERCHANTS BANK

What do you mean, he had withdrawn all money before he left?

We have all the documents.

Your father ordered to transfer all the money to a European bank.

You were left 6,000 for expenses.

Here. Natalya Aleksandrovna

has bought some wallpaper and other things for the house.

We can give you a detailed account if you want.

What do I need your account for?

I need the money. Today, now!

Not 5,500

but 145,000, or even better, 150,000.

My family

has been keeping money in your bank for over 50 years.

Think of something!

Give me a loan, after all.

We can arrange a loan, yes.

But I'm afraid we'd need a collateral.

So a note from an old client,

an honest man, a war hero isn't enough?

For me, yes. But I'm afraid the board will ask

for a collateral.

All right.

I'll mortgage a couple of villages of your choice,

or whatever you want.

I'm afraid for such an amount of money

you'll have to mortgage...

the whole estate.

Katia, tell me... Has someone seen you after the fire apart from Zakhar?

Take a seat.

Yes.

Was it one of the rebels?

Yes.

Plot thickens. They are looking for them and will soon arrest them.

Who can guarantee they won't tell on you?

Nobody.

They have already caught one,

and he didn't betray me.

He would have done it at the mill if he were going to.

At the mill? Is it...

the mill where Aleksey...

Yes.

But I know now...

that Aliosha didn't kill himself. He was murdered.

Just a second.

Here.

There was that rebel on that night at the mill.

He is some kind of a politician. I didn't quite understand.

Go on, please.

He said there were two people at the mill on that day.

Aleksey and someone else.

They were arguing about some awards.

I should go...

before they started looking for me.

I'll walk with you...

just in case.

What can happen to me?

-I'll walk you home. -Go, kids. Go.

Nicholas.

Where is my surprise?

I'm sorry. It didn't work.

I feel that I'm...

not welcome here.

Nonsense!

I'm sorry!

I was a cad, a dunce!

What do you want? I'll do anything.

I want...

for this night never to have happened...

and for Liddy to be alive.

That's what I want.

There, there.

You can't go back in time.

Why did they do this to her?

She was...

so young...

so beautiful.

People can't tolerate atrocities forever.

Every tyranny ends up in a rebellion.

Lidia brought it all upon herself.

Nicholas!

How can you...

I'm sorry. Lidiya was your friend, and I should feel sorry for her,

mourn her with you...

but I can't.

Papa...

is that what you think, too?

Nobody deserves to die like this.

But...

let the gendarmes investigate.

No matter what Liddy had done,

nobody had the right to kill her.

It's a sin.

Hello.

-What is a sin, my dear? -Grig.

What are you talking about?

Murder.

You're right, of course.

Murder is an unforgivable sin.

Where are you from?

Mochalovka.

We came to the chancellery.

What about you? Who is waiting for you in Kiev? A fiancé?

I'm going to Lavra monastery, to pay respects to the saints' relics.

Good for you. I was going to go there, too, but it never happened.

Where are you from?

Here. Nezhin.

I heard your local landlady was burned alive.

-I didn't burn anyone. -You didn't, but someone did.

They say she used to eat babies

and buried her bondmaid alive.

Maybe she did. I don't know. People say many things.

Yes.

That's right.

Right...

You've arranged quite a day for me, son.

And all this because you feel obliged to your suicidal friend.

Aleksey couldn't have killed himself. Now I know it.

Who did it, then?

What if Aleksey was right?

What if Grigoriy actually stole someone's awards and shot himself?

What if he's a deserter? To protect such secret, one can kill.

Hello there!

I know you hate your brother-in-law.

Grigoriy isn't an angel, but you shouldn't demonize him, either.

Stealing, killing!

He is a nobleman, not some riffraff.

Don't forget, he is a member of our family now.

A stain on his reputation means a stain on ours.

It's the family I'm worried about.

Stay out of this. You can't bring him back, and we don't need the scandal,

especially now

that Natalie is expecting.

Suppose so.

-Will you allow her to live with a killer? -It's your fantasies, nothing more.

I'll prove it.

I'll send a request to the awards committee

and find out whether Chervinsky has awards and what they are.

Then we'll know.

Whatever you say.

Stop.

I'll get off here.

Thank you.

Sir, are you going to Kyiv?

Yes.

-Can you give me a ride? -Yes.

Just a minute.

Here.

Get in.

Grig...

don't leave me.

Natalie, I can't spend all the time sitting in your father's parlor

listening to idle talks. I have business at the estate.

Doesn't it look weird?

What?

You haven't had any business to attend to before,

and now you have so many.

Let me remind you, my dear...

that I am responsible

for the welfare of the estate and our family

since my father has left.

It requires time, energy, and my personal involvement.

Yes, but...

you're leaving again.

And I am left alone.

Alone? The house is full of people.

But... You know...

you're the only one I need.

I want you to be with me.

Don't go!

Come to Chervinka with me.

No...

Grig...

These...

people who burned Liddy are out there.

-What if they do the same to us? -Nonsense!

Who is going to burn you?

Orysia? Pavlina? Maybe Lukyan?

I'm not going to sit here with you...

and be scared.

You don't want to go? Sit here.

Sunflower seeds, black and white!

Excuse me.

KIEV

Excuse me...

how can I get...

to Aleksandrovskaya St.?

People who live here... You have no business there.

Please.

It's not far from here. Just round the corner.

But they won't let you into any house there.

I'm looking for the Korenevs.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Crazy girl.

Sunflower seeds...

black and white!

ALEKSANDROVSKAYA ST.