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[NO AUDIO]

[THEME MUSIC]

Love in Chains

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You shouldn’t have messed with me, sir. I’m sorry for this.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Olga Platonovna, what are you doing here?

We agreed that you will wait in the carriage.

You are great at saying thank you, I must say.

God, is she all right?

Music by Nikita Moiseyev

Yes. She is drugged, that’s all.

- Take this. - All right.

Take the coat. Katerina Stepanovna.

Katia, wake up. Wake up.

Let’s go. Quick.

Come on. Quick.

Come on, move faster. It’s almost dawn. It’s time for me to go.

Pavlina Yosypivna is still packing the kitchen utensils.

What?

Done.

This should be enough for some time.

Where are you going?

Don’t even start it. I’m coming with you.

I won’t leave Katia’s side anymore. That’s all.

Disaster!

What happened, my boy?

The Polish gentleman has abducted Katrusia.

Here.

Put her on the bed.

- The coat. - Be careful!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

We need to take her to the doctor. God knows what they had put into her.

Are you out of your mind, Olga Platonovna?

As soon as Zhadan finds out that Katerina Stepanovna is missing,

he will turn the city inside out.

No one can know she is here, even your Lucia.

How are you feeling?

Don’t tell me you’re all right. I’m not blind.

I am angry, Olga Platonovna.

I am so angry I can’t help myself.

Angry at Zhadan?

No.

I’m angry at myself…

for not killing him back in Nezhin.

It would bring Katia less pain than what happened now.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Bogdan, what’s wrong?

Madame has organized this fun evening, and you stay silent all night.

Is something wrong?

No, no. Not yet.

But soon everything will change, everything will change greatly.

I won’t be coming here so often.

Are you going to abandon me?

No, no. Not at all.

But it would be better for us to meet elsewhere.

Bogdan, I will do anything for you.

Just tell me what I can do to make you happy.

Andrey Andreyevich has found his happiness,

and I can make you happy, too.

It’s time for you to think about yourself. Right, Bogdan?

I’m sorry for disturbing you,

but someone is very insistent that they need to see you, Bogdan Yuryevich.

- I wonder who the hell it might be. - Mr. Zhadan.

His very frightened lackey is waiting outside and asks you to hurry.

Paste them up immediately. They need to be up by dinnertime tomorrow.

- I will inspect all outposts myself! - Yes, sir!

I’m telling you, there was nobody else.

It doesn’t mean the Pole didn’t have an accomplice.

It wasn’t Katerina Stepanovna who hit you with that stool, after all.

Andrey Andreyevich?

Did you and the professor have any differences?

No, it definitely wasn’t him. I’m sure.

What was wrong with Yekaterina Stepanovna?

Why was she at the hospital?

Nothing too serious.

Let’s finish the idle talk and get back to business.

Nazar, if you remember something, come here at once.

Meanwhile, off you go.

We need to understand why she was kidnapped.

Does he want to kill her?

Oh. Excuse me.

What are you talking about?

If he wanted to kill her, he would have done it there and then.

I’m sure he will soon contact you

and ask for something in exchange to Katerina Stepanovna.

Yevgeniy Antonovich, you told me it would not require a lot of effort to catch him.

I would like something more substantial than your confidence, goddamn it!

Good evening. I’m sorry. I came as soon as I found out.

I see it’s not just my people who are not very dexterous.

Find them no matter what it costs!

[CHURCH BELLS]

Thank God you are awake.

I didn’t know what to think.

Katia, don’t worry. You are at my house.

No one will touch you here, do you hear? Careful.

How…

How did I get here? I was in the hospital.

You were.

But Stefan Yanovich and I could not allow you to stay there any longer.

So we kidnapped you tonight.

Olia, I’m so happy to see you.

Katia.

Did Zhadan do it because you found out about the brothels?

Yes.

I said I was not going to cover up for him, and that I was going to leave.

Next thing I know I was at a hospital with grates on the windows.

It was so disgusting! It was horrible, Olia.

He was saying he loved me, while my hands were tied to the bed.

Now, now. You are all right.

How could I marry this man?

There, there. It is all over, do you hear me?

Yes, they are fresh.

What are you doing here? Where is Father?

He went to Zhadan’s with some fresh honey.

He delivered groceries there only yesterday.

What are you doing, you bastard?

Not on the window!

Don’t put it there. It’s the shop window!

[NO DIALOG]

Look at this.

MISSING PERSON

FIRST GUILD MERCHANT ANDREY ZHADAN IS SEARCHING FOR HIS WIFE KATERINA ZHADAN…

Karp Karpovich, tell her that this is stupid. Well?

No, it isn’t stupid.

It’s a good idea, helping to look for her.

That’s what I’m saying. I’m not going to stay at home.

I’ll go out on the streets and ask around.

Someone had to have seen something.

That’s right, Pavlina Yosypivna, but Kiev is a big city.

It would take you a month to talk to everyone.

Here is what I’ve been thinking about:

what if Katerina Stepanovna manages to escape?

What if there are some news, and nobody is home,

because everyone is out there looking. What shall we do then?

What are you trying to say? That I should stay at home?

I’m just sharing my thoughts. It’s up to you to decide.

It would be stupid to try to force you. You won’t listen anyway.

Exactly. It was a good idea about the escape.

My Katia had an attitude like you won’t believe it.

He won’t give up to anyone, not the devil himself,

not the goddamned Pole. No one!

So what kind of honey have you brought? Linden?

I can bake a great honey pie, the way Katia likes.

If she comes back, she’ll be happy.

Thank God.

Give it to me.

I will stay with you for a while if you don’t mind.

Your fingers just fly when you work. I like to watch you.

No, I don’t mind at all. You can stay.

Only half a kopeck for a copy. The latest issue.

The latest issue!

Thank you.

Sensational news!

Just look at this drama.

MISSING PERSON.

What a shame.

Maybe the girl ran away with a lover.

First Guild merchant…

Hands off! What the hell?

Nastia?

Hi, my friend.

I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you.

Is that how you earn your living now?

As if you were a saint.

I wouldn’t take more than a ruble.

[SAD MUSIC]

Listen, take it, please. Take it. If you need more, come straight to me.

Got it? We aren’t strangers. You are my friend.

[NO DIALOG]

Is Miron at the store?

Father! Finally. The lunch is almost cold, Father.

I had lunch in town. Don’t wait for me.

Wait. Father, listen, Nadezhda Kirillovna sends you an invitation to come see her.

I’ll make sure the couch is ready first thing tomorrow.

I don’t have time for visits now, Dusia. I’m too busy at the store.

I can’t go. Send her a word that I can’t do it right now.

No, I’m not going to write her this. She must have cooked for an army.

She even called Olesia to help her.

Do you want to hurt her mother’s feelings?

You gave Nadezhda Kirillovna a promise when she was here.

How can you say no now?

You’re right. It’s not very nice.

Of course. Don’t worry about that.

The guys will take care of the store, and we will be back in no time.

All right. So be it.

He is going to pop the question.

[NO DIALOG]

Stepan Georgiyevich?

Katerina Stepanovna.

I’m glad you’re feeling better.

Thank you.

I wanted to thank you for not leaving me at the hospital, helpless.

I know for you it’s rather a chance to take revenge on your enemy,

but for me it’s…

Katerina Stepanovna, what revenge are you talking about?

I saw what they were doing to you there.

Do you think I’m a senseless log incapable of compassion?

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.

I just wanted to say thank you.

Katerina Stepanovna.

I wanted to tell you… That night at the park, near your house,

I wasn’t pretending.

I do care about you,

and I’m sorry I brought you so much pain.

Stepan Georgiyevich…

I know. I know this isn’t the time or the place for this conversation.

I just wanted you to know.

I care about you.

Good night, Katerina Stepanovna.

Have some rest. You need it.

And…

please call me Stefan Yablonevskiy.

Stepan Gnatkevich died many years ago.

- Good night. - Good night.

[SAD MUSIC]

Go!

[NO DIALOG]

Goddamn it! We need to go back, Dusia.

What is it now?

My stupid head!

I told Miron about the chicken and the veal,

but I forgot all about fatback.

They are going to come for it today from the Mezhigorskaya pub.

- Let’s go back. - Come on, don’t be a child,

for God’s sake.

Do you think Miron can’t find fatback in the icebox without you?

Nadezhda Kirillovna has cooked a proper feast for you.

She respects you a lot, so you need to respect her, too.

All right, never mind.

Stop!

Where are you going?

Vasylkov, to visit with the family. Is the city closed? Can’t we leave?

What do you mean we can’t? Why are you detaining decent people?

A foreign prince kidnapped a respected gentleman’s wife.

I already see you aren’t them, though.

The kidnapper is younger, and the lady is much prettier. Go!

There are their portraits and an order signed by me at all outposts.

They search all carriages, all couches,

no matter what the coat-of-arms they have on their doors.

The constables ordered the beggars comb through the streets

and even peep into windows if they have to.

I pay one ruble for any useful tip. So now we wait.

Who is helping him?

You can’t hide in Kiev if you have no connections.

We’ll know soon enough.

I have a question for you, Andrey Andreyevich.

A little bird told me that you quit the business and are selling your salons.

The little bird told you the truth, but you should not be worried.

Your share in the sale was agreed upon.

Are you selling Makarova’s salon, too?

Yes.

Sell it to me.

I’ll give you a good price. We can register it is a house sale.

Are you looking to start a new business?

Not exactly. It’s rather for pleasure. I was at her place recently.

It was just like the good old times. What are you going to do, though?

Honest business.

Cloth and sugar bring stable income. I won’t have to starve.

What about your philanthropic follies?

They’ll have to look for a new savior. I intend to work on saving my marriage.

Good timing. You’re leaving the ship just in time.

All clean and rich, with nobody any wiser.

You can just enjoy your life.

I’ll be grateful if it stays this way. You understand me, Imp?

Of course. You know me. My lips are sealed.

Nazar, any news?

We’ve searched the entire Priorka.

Nobody there saw or heard anything.

Oh my…

Not a single clue. I’ll go wash my face and go on looking.

No, son, you need to eat.

Sit down, I said. Look at yourself.

You’re barely holding up.

Here.

Come on, eat! Do you want me to spoon it to you like a little boy?

Auntie Pavla, it’s all my fault. Katia was kidnapped because of me.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I only ask God for one thing - to let me set it right,

to help me find out where this Pole is hiding Katia.

You know, asking God for help is the right thing to do,

but blaming yourself for everything isn’t.

Here is what we’ll do.

Tomorrow you’ll come to confession with me and Zoriana.

It will take a load from your soul.

Today you should get some sleep and play with your daughter.

I can’t, Auntie Pavla. I have other things on my mind.

Oh God.

Baby.

- Of course you can. - Hush.

Are you going to renounce your daughter or God?

My baby! Hush.

VASILKOV

Mrs. Nadezhda, I don’t know where to look.

I even want to become your apprentice.

Not every woman can be such a good housekeeper.

Oh, I whipped it up in a hurry, Dusia.

On holidays it’s different.

I’ll cook something special for you if you come visit.

Try my liqueurs. Raspberry, brambleberry, cherry.

I make then myself.

Help yourself, Karp Karpovich, to whichever you like most.

Brambleberry for me, please.

Yes…

Brambleberry. All right.

Girls, let me pour you some.

- Please eat. Help yourself. - Thank you.

Why don’t you have some?

No, no, I need a clear head on my shoulders.

I still need to go back home, and it’s a long way.

What do you mean, back home? What are you talking about?

Did you come to stay half an hour out of courtesy?

You could have told me you were busy.

We don’t have a ride home.

We asked the coachman to come back for us tomorrow.

I thought we were staying the night.

Of course. The house is big enough for everyone.

Karp Karpovich, I feel bad

about distracting you from your important business.

Business can wait for the sake of a lady like you and a feast like this.

- All right. - You said brambleberry was good.

They all came out good this year. I made them myself.

Let’s start with brambleberry, and then we’ll see.

To the lady of the house and her deft hands.

To our hostess.

MADAME MAKAROVA’S MUSIC SALON

No news in all these days?

No news, no clues.

Liuba, have you decided what we’ll do with the salon?

I’ll buy it. But give me some time.

It’s a complicated situation. You understand that I’m doing my best.

No, don’t ask me for that.

I want to finish it now, so that nothing tied me to these establishments.

If you cannot buy me out, I have already found a buyer.

Who is he?

A councilor of state.

The Imp? No! He won’t be in charge of this salon.

Why is that? You always welcomed him here.

As a client, yes, but as an owner… No, Andrey.

For so many years you’ve been taking care of this place. So many years.

You don’t need me to tell you what Imp is like. Anyone but him.

I don’t have another buyer.

You can’t do this to me. I know things about you, too.

If this is how you treat me now, I have no reason to stay silent about your secret.

Are you threatening me, Liuba?

I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

Of course not.

But let me buy at least 50% for the sake of what we’ve gone through together.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

All right. You have two weeks to put together the required sum.

One half will go to you and the other to the Imp.

Thank you, Andrey. And I’m sorry.

You engaged girl,

why are you always so sad?

How can I not be sad?

It’s hard to forget the man I love

You girl, you don’t know what you’re saying.

You don’t know whom you love

I’ve tired you out with my songs.

Not at all, Nadezhda Kirillovna.

Your voice goes straight to the heart. So please sing.

I feel so tired after the long road. I’m on my last legs.

Don’t worry, Nadezhda Kirillovna, Olesia will show me around.

- Right, Olesia? - Sure. Let’s go.

I’m tired, too. You two can stay here and keep singing.

You sing so well!

Like a nightingale in the garden. Please sing another one.

[NO DIALOG]

Katia, please sit down. You’re still too weak.

Even if they catch Yablonevskiy, he won’t give away where you are.

Olia, it’s not myself I fear for.

I dread to think what Andrey might do to him if he finds him.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You have a stupid habit of making people worry for you all the time.

Katerina Stepanovna has been beside herself for hours.

Do you want her to fall ill again?

Olga Platonovna is exaggerating. I’m happy that you are all right.

It’s just that this voluntary confinement is coming in on me.

It’s as if I don’t belong to myself again.

I’m afraid, Katerina Stepanovna,

your voluntary confinement will not end any time soon.

Yes, they have started a veritable manhunt.

Nobody is going to look for you here, so don’t worry.

You, on the other hand, should think about your safety.

Where do you go all these days?

I started working at the music salon in Andreyevsky with Madame Makarova.

Who?

Stefan Yanovich, if Makarova finds out who you are, she will…

She won’t find out.

While the entire Kiev is looking for a Polish prince

and not a nameless crippled soldier, I am safe.

But should you risk so much?

I need to find out what happened there ten years ago.

What Vera was doing there and who she was meeting with.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

Lord, have mercy, help us and protect us.

What is so funny, Ivan?

I never expected you to be so pious.

Maybe I need His protection more than other people.

You think if I manage a brothel, it means I don’t need God’s love or mercy.

Here is what I was going to say. I don’t need your escort anymore.

We’ll go to the store, pick up my order,

and with this your work will end.

Did I hurt your feelings, Liubov Vasilyevna?

Don’t be angry. I didn’t mean to hurt you.

I have heard worse, so…

I want to offer you a different job:

protecting the girls at the salon and maintaining order,

so that the clients wouldn’t rape the girls or get violent with them.

You’ll keep them in check and take the most rowdy ones

outside for some fresh air. Let’s go.

It was such a beautiful mass.

Our priest gave such a good sermon.

We should go home. It’s almost time for Zoriana to eat.

That’s right. You go ahead.

I need to stop by at one place. I’ll see you at home.

All right, Auntie Pavla.

Hush.

Have a good day, Mr. Liubetsky.

Hello.

Good day to you, too, Pavlina Yosypivna. What do you want?

I need a chicken to make soup.

Will this one do? Look how fat it is.

Where is your father? Is he ill, God forbid?

Not at all. He is healthy as a bull.

He went to Lesia’s mother in Vasilkov and stayed the night.

For a visit?

To make a proposal.

Here.

[FOLK MUSIC]

- Good morning, Mom. - Good morning.

Is Karp Karpovich still sleeping after last night?

Girls, you should have told me he had a love interest.

I was falling over myself last night.

“Karp Karpovich this, Karp Karpovich that,”

touching his shoulder, sitting close to him, but he was cold like stone.

Than I couldn’t stand it anymore, and I said,

“Karp Karpovich, you will have delicious meals and soft bed if you marry me.”

What did he say?

He said that lying to people wasn’t in his habits

and that he won’t hide it: his heart isn’t free.

- Where is he now? - He left to Kiev two hours ago.

Do you agree?

Three rubles a week, and tell me when to start.

Come here tonight, and I’ll show you around.

If you like it, you’re welcome to start your new job.

Thank you, Liubov Vasilyevna.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

So this is the one who hit me on the head.

The goddamned woman!

Hey, boy, come here.

Run to Aleksandrovskaya, to Zhadan’s house.

Do you know where it is?

If you tell him exactly what I told you, he’ll give you ten kopecks.

What do you want me to say?

Starting tonight, I will be guarding Makarova’s girls.

Katerina Stepanovna, what was the name of the girl,

the one you know, who swapped the bag with the daguerreotype

to a bottle of cologne.

Oksana. Slim build, fair hair.

How are you going to explain it to her that…

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Oh God.

I think our secret has come out. The house is being watched.

What is he doing here?

Nazar.

Come here. Nazar.

Katia…

I’m so glad you found me, Nazar.

Katia, what are you doing here?

Andrey Andreyevich and I are running around the city looking for you.

Zoriana, I missed you so much. Give her to me.

I missed you, baby.

Katia, what…

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- What are you doing? - Does Zhadan live here?

What if he does? What do you want from him?

Lead me to him. I have an important business!

I’m running already. Let me take you straight to Mr. Zhadan.

- What is your business? - I won’t talk to just anyone.

He told me to talk to Zhadan himself.

Who told you that?

The big guy. He was carrying a baby in his hands.

He said his name was Nazar.

Nazar, I know it’s hard to believe. I didn’t believe it at first, either.

I was trying to find an explanation.

That’s what we were talking about on the night when,

as he told you later, I had the “nervous breakdown.”

This is why he locked me in the hospital

and wouldn’t let you see me or talk to me.

So it appears I was your jailer, Katrusia.

Goddamn it! If I only knew.

There are a lot of things I didn’t know, either, Nazar.

God, I’m a fool… I…

- What is it? - I’ve done something horrible.

I sent a boy to Zhadan to tell him where he could find you.

Katerina Stepanovna, you can’t stay in Kiev.

Stefan Yanovich, bring the trunk from my room.

We need to pack up and go.

Let me help.

Are you sure you won’t try to kill me, Nazar Ivanovich?

I’m sure.

Katia, think!

You need a place where you can hide and which Zhadan doesn’t know about.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I think I know where we can go.

But, Olia, how can we leave the city?

There are gendarmes and the police everywhere.

I’m sure they have portraits of Stefan Yanovich and I at every outpost.

No, you two going together would be a suicide.

You need to split.

I will go with you.

We could use a male companion, of course.

I will come.

Thank you, Nazar. Stefan Yanovich, what about you?

I’ll stay in the city so far.

My camouflage seems to work,

and I don’t think your husband will come looking for me

at the place he knows so well.

MISSING PERSON

FIRST GUILD MERCHANT ANDREY ZHADAN IS SEARCHING FOR HIS WIFE KATERINA ZHADAN…

Buy a newspaper, please!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Open up.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You two stay here. You follow me!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Go to the kitchen.

Check the pantry. Look into every nook.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Nothing.

Judging by the mess, either Olga Platonovna was robbed,

or she left her house in a great hurry.

Katia was here, after all.

Go to Bezus, now. They will try to leave Kiev today.

Let them search everyone at the outposts. Men, women, children. Everyone!

I don’t understand where Nazar could have gone.

[NO DIALOG]

Remember, we are going to my parents’ estate. Katerina…

No, let it be Lukerya, is our baby daughter’s nanny.

- You are my husband. - What?

Are you even listening?

These clothes are pinching me. I can barely breathe.

How can gentlemen wear it?

God, are you insane?

You should be grateful that Stefan Yanovich’s suit fits you.

- Or do you prefer ladies’ clothes? - We are nearing the outpost.

The coat-of-arms on the carriage is well-known in Kiev.

Maybe they won’t even stop us.

Stop!

Don’t say anything.

What is this? Why were we stopped?

Step out of the carriage!

I demand an explanation. What gives you the right to stop us?

Miss, I’m sorry but I have orders to search all carriages leaving the city.

Do we look like criminals?

Do you realize whose carriage you have stopped?

Miss, I’m just following my orders.

Can you tell us who is traveling with you?

My husband, our daughter, and her nanny.

I have to ask them to step out of the carriage, too.

Name!

Excuse me?

Give me your name, now!

Mr. Bezus will definitely want to know the name of the man

who offended his friends and detained his goddaughter.

All right, go on.

You are a very smart and kind man. Goodbye.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Go!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

MADAME MAKAROVA’S MUSIC SALON

There is a bell pull in every room.

Should there be any trouble, a girl pulls it,

and the bell rings here for you.

So you know at once which room you need to go.

Those who are too hotheaded or too drunk - throw them out immediately,

without trying to reason with them.

Do I have to maintain order in the big hall, too?

No, there are other people for this.

You shouldn’t show yourself downstairs too much.

I understand. This adornment of mine will not look very festive there.

Liubov Vasilyevna.

Mr. Bezus is here. He says he really needs to see you.

I’m coming.

Are you our new guard?

Yes, ma’am.

You won’t let any beast hurt us now, will you?

I’ll do my best.

What is your name?

I’m Ivan.

Liubov Vasilyevna, why don’t you offer me some brandy?

Is this the way to welcome the owner of the establishment?

Not the owner, but the co-owner.

All the more so.

You should give a warmer welcome to your partner,

especially if he comes up with an ide

how to increase the establishment’s profit and bring it back to its former glory.

Nobody is going to pay more. You know average prices in Kiev.

Madame Makarova, you are thinking in the old way.

You are stranger to progress.

I am going to rise the profits by offering special services.

You want the girls to sew for sale in their free time?

You are funny.

Sew? No. No.

They will sell opium here.

That’s one thing. And two:

since I’m a co-owner now, I’m not going to pay for my pleasures anymore.

You will agree it would be stupid for me to pay to myself, wouldn’t it?

I have been in this business for years, so I have a vote in it, too.

Free girls - all right, if you say so.

But there will be no opium here. Selling it is allowed only at drugstores.

You can go to jail for this. It’s not a part of my plans.

Madame Makarova, you don’t have to worry about it.

I know how to overcome the imperfections of the law in this regard.

[SAD MUSIC]

Let me go! Let go, you freak!

Easy, easy.

O-la-la!

[SAD MUSIC]

CHERNIHIV. MONASTERY

We are here. I’ll take it from here.

No, Katrusia. I’m not going anywhere until I see that you are all right.

No, Nazar, I’m absolutely safe here.

Surprisingly, I agree with Nazar Ivanovich.

We will stay at the inn and will wait to hear from you.

I hope they will accept me. If not, I’ll come to you.

You have saved me.

[SAD MUSIC]

Go.

[SAD MUSIC]

Mother, she said she knew you.

[SAD MUSIC]

Katerina?

What are you doing here?

Mother Grigoriya, I ask you for protection and shelter.

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