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[NO AUDIO]

[THEME MUSIC]

Love in Chains

So, Mr. Yablonevskiy, let’s start over.

KIEV PRISON

Please explain why you had to abduct Mr. Zhadan’s wife.

Just make your explanation good enough.

I have explained it to you a thousand times.

I didn’t abduct Zhadan’s wife.

Katerina Stepanovna’s health was in danger.

I couldn’t allow someone bad to happen to her.

Do you understand now?

Do you even hear how ridiculous it sounds?

Renowned philanthropist Zhadan

forcibly detains his own wife in the hospital?

Who will believe it?

Mr. Yablonevskiy, do you have to dig your own grave?

In the most literal sense, I must add.

I’m telling the truth.

Stefan Yanovich, let us speak straight.

Personally, I don’t think you have a death wish.

Do you really want to stand a trial?

I told you not to interrupt us!

I’m sorry, your nobleness, but…

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Katerina Stepanovna?

Mr. Bezus, do you know who I am? My name is Katerina Zhadan.

I want to make a statement that there was no abduction or murder attempt.

This man is innocent. Let him go.

Wait, Katerina Stepanovna.

Maybe this man forced you to go into hiding.

Nobody made me do anything. It was my decision to leave.

Mr. Yablonevskiy only helped me in my predicament.

I’m standing in front of you, alive and well.

This means he didn’t commit any crime.

I’m prepared to give a statement about this to the general governor.

Release him immediately.

This will not do, Katerina Stepanovna.

This isn’t how we do things. There is an investigation underway!

Of a crime that never happened?

Wait, soldier, don’t close it. Katerina Stepanovna, Katia, wait.

I wanted to thank you. I’m so happy to see you.

When Zhadan said he was a the Presentation Monastery,

I thought he had…

I had you released only because you were under arrest for something you didn’t do.

From now on, I don’t want to have anything to do with you,

I don’t want to see you or hear from you. Goodbye.

Katia, wait. What happened, Katia?

How did you manage to pretend to be my friend so convincingly,

to act concerned, when you knew how much pain these disgusting,

untruthful articles caused me? It was your idea!

Yours, not Piotr Ivanovich Chervinskiy’s.

Katerina Stepanovna, let me explain.

What is it you want to explain? How you came up with this infamy?

How you invented this horrible slander?

You were judging my husband,

but your actions weren’t better than his, or maybe even worse.

You are right, Katerina Stepanovna. I did a horrible thing.

I regretted it tremendously, having seen what you were going through.

I wanted to make him hurt, not you. Please understand it.

I saw how much you meant to him.

I wanted him to suffer as much as I had.

That’s all, Katerina Stepanovna.

You hated my husband, but you were making me suffer.

You wanted to destroy him, but you ruined me.

Of course, I was a much easier target, wasn’t I?

Because I trusted you.

Katerina Stepanovna, forgive me for inflicting you so much pain.

You probably loved your wife more than life itself

and wanted to take revenge for her death so much

that you didn’t notice turning into a monster.

Goodbye.

[SAD MUSIC]

What do you mean, she officially intervened on his behalf?

KIEV. ZHADAN’S OFFICE

She said she’d go to the general governor if she had to.

What was I supposed to do? I had to let him go.

Also, we can’t pull the strings at his bank anymore, so he has money again.

But my men will follow him like a shadow.

No, there is no need.

After our conversation at the prison he will hardly want to meet me.

What matters is that Katia is in Kiev. Where could she have gone?

I thought she went back home. Didn’t she?

Can you find out where Katia is staying, or do I need to ask Imp to send his men?

I can handle it.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

An apple and some cheese.

NEZHIN. CHERVINSKIY’S ESTATE

- Here, ma’am. - Thank you.

Darina has probably dressed Lev by now.

I want to take him for a walk while the weather is still fine.

Ma’am, you will probably be looking for a nanny.

Why don’t you take Darina? She is so good with children.

But Darina is a maid,

and Piotr Ivanovich won’t be happy if I make this decision myself.

What he isn’t going to be happy about is having to pay her.

He fired Darina and other girls.

The master buys serfs so that he didn’t have to pay the free people.

The only free people in this house are Tikhon and myself.

Oh, and Frol. But Darina…

she was supporting her mother and her widowed sister and her children.

All right, all right. I’ll tell Darina she can start today.

As for the others, Piotr Ivanovich will have to give them all manumission,

or he will lose Chervinka.

And the new ones? The ones he has just bought?

Them, too. All right, I have to run.

We’ll be back by lunch.

God willing, I won’t have to tell anything.

Dirty cups from milord’s study. Where do I put it?

Why don’t you wash them?

Can you do something with your hands besides waving around that stupid fan?

She’s coming, she’s coming.

Girls, girls, what’s going on in the kitchen?

I was going to cook breakfast, but there was no room on the stove.

There are two pots with a handful of kasha in each,

two pans with two eggs boiling in each of them. What is it about?

One pan and one pot are mine. I’m cooking for Miron and me.

The other two are Timofey’s and mine.

I don’t understand.

Why not put two handfuls of corn in one pot instead of two,

so that there would be enough for everyone?

Or is it how you do it, everyone for themselves?

No, it’s not that.

It’s just that neither Olesia nor I are good at cooking fancy dishes.

What if we don’t make it to your taste?

So do I have to wait until you are done

to cook breakfast for Karp Karpovich?

He needs to be at the store, you know.

I’ve been telling Father that we need a bigger stove. Ours is too small.

So it’s like this: the early bird gets the worm.

I’m joking, Pavlina Yosypivna.

As soon as our food is cooked, the stove is all yours.

[NO DIALOG]

Olia, this man is out there again. Don’t go out without me.

Hello, Nazar.

Katia…

Mr. Khorunzhiy is here because of me.

I’m afraid we won’t be able to get rid of him while I’m here.

- I should move to a hotel, after all. - Don’t even think about it.

Nazar and Zoriana live in your room now,

but the corner guestroom has enough light and a comfortable sofa.

Also, Nazar and I are always here.

A lot of things have happened while you were away.

But we can talk about it later. Now you need to have some rest.

No, Olia, I want to go to the hospital first.

It’s time for me to decide what I want to do with my life.

All right, it’s time to go to the store.

Father, you can’t go to work with empty stomach.

Here, we have a little kasha left.

- Wait. - Take my egg. I don’t want it.

Thank you, girls.

Karp Karpovich, I made it as fast as I could.

Here, hot breakfast for you.

I’m sorry, Pavlina Yosypivna,

but I was supposed to open the store 15 minutes ago.

Well, I’m sorry for this.

No, please don’t worry about it. The girls gave me something to eat.

I’m not going to work hungry.

We can have your pancakes for lunch.

All right, lads, let’s go. We are being late already.

They smell so good.

How do you make them so delicious?

I’m drooling.

Too bad they won’t smell so good when they are cold.

Olesia, help me take the dishes to the kitchen.

We need to wash them. I’ve heated the water already.

I didn’t come here to hear your regrets or apologies.

KIEV. ZHADAN’S HOSPITAL

Pavel Petrovich, you did what you did, and only God can judge you.

Why are you here, Katerina Stepanovna?

For the same reason I came to you the first time.

Do you want me to keep teaching you?

Yes.

You are a better mentor than you are a friend.

I can’t abandon my dream, too.

But if you are afraid of Andrey Andreyevich’s wrath,

just tell me, and I will find someone else.

No, don’t. I’m ready to be your mentor and teacher, Katerina Stepanovna.

When do you want to start?

I need a few days to get my affairs in order,

and after that I will be ready to dedicate all my time to the hospital.

Katerina Stepanovna, let me tell you this.

I admire your spirit

and will be honored to become your mentor.

Wait, it got loose again. Let me draw it tight.

Shall we walk down there together?

I’m sorry, Marichka, I’d better go alone. It will be quicker.

Ivan, you’re here?

How did they let you go so quick?

Madame said you had abducted Zhadan’s Katia.

I was arrested by mistake. They took me for someone else.

I knew that.

A good person cannot do bad things.

You know, I kept telling everyone,

“They will let Vania go! They will investigate it and let him go.”

[LYRICAL MUSIC]

So, Marichka, would you be waiting for me?

Of course. I have you right here.

I would do anything for you.

Believe me, if you told me to jump from the Lavra bell tower, I would.

[LYRICAL MUSIC]

Marichka, I wanted to ask you something.

It’s not hard. You won’t have to jump from anything.

Hello.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- Hello, Katerina Stepanovna. - Hello, Mr. Khorunzhiy.

Stop following me.

If Andrey wants to know where I am and what I am going to do,

I will meet with him tomorrow at noon at St. Vladimir’s Hill.

I won’t meet with him at home or any other private place.

I will tell him immediately.

Be so kind.

Goodbye.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Let’s go.

Go!

CHERVINSKIY’S ESTATE

Goddamn it!

Piotr Ivanovich, good day. Lunch will be only ready in an hour.

We didn’t expect you so early. Should I tell them to hurry?

Frol, tell Galia to send my lunch to my study.

I have to work. I’m awfully busy.

- And let them bring me coffee right now. - Yes, sir.

[BAWDY MUSIC]

When shall we see Mademoiselle Gautier?

- Please, please. - We are waiting.

Mademoiselle Gautier!

S’il vous plait, madame!

Patience, gentlemen.

A few more moments,

and Mademoiselle Gautier will reward you for it.

I would like to book the first appointment with mademoiselle tonight.

Mademoiselle picks up the lucky man herself.

Who knows, maybe it will be you.

So give her a hint who she should pay special attention to.

I hope local gentlemen didn’t exaggerate her virtues,

saying that I won’t find a girl like her at any salon back in St. Petersburg.

What brought you here from the Northern capital?

Government’s business, Madame.

So please make sure that my experience at your salon was as pleasant as possible.

[BACKGROUND DIALOG]

- Finally! - Champagne!

Attention!

Gautier! Bravo!

- Bravo! - Bravo!

Incredible! Bravo!

Why didn’t you call me, sir?

I’ve been waiting and then I decided to come myself.

I brought you some cherry liqueur

and snacks to cheer you up.

[SAD MUSIC]

Why are you so sad? Has something happened?

Maybe I could cheer you up.

[SAD MUSIC]

Get out of here.

Out!

[SAD MUSIC]

Ma’am.

Wait.

What’s wrong? Has someone hurt you?

No, ma’am. It was my fault.

I came into milord’s office at the wrong time.

Excuse me, ma’am.

Let’s have a look at this wonder.

Take off your mask.

My face is a secret,

and it will only be revealed when I want it to.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Don’t you dare! Do you hear? You have no right.

It’s not for you to tell me what I can and cannot do, you bitch.

No!

I paid a lot of money for you.

Even if I strangle you now, I’ll get away with it.

- I said take off your mask! - No.

I said take of the mask. You bitch!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Let go!

I said let me go!

Now! Let me go now if you don’t want problems.

It’s a pity you are leaving already. Goodbye.

See him out and tell Prokhor never to let him in again.

You will regret it!

How are you?

know, I know.

The first time is scary. But what can we do? It’s our fate.

No matter how enticing and inaccessible you look,

for them you are a thing, an item.

Some men are placid. They come, get what they came for, and leave.

But they are the minority. Most of them bring their hurt, their pain.

They let their fists loose

so that they could look bigger and more important in their own eyes.

Look what that bastard paid for you.

Five hundred. Half of it is yours. Here.

No. I don’t want his money.

My advice is, take it and spend it tomorrow for whatever you want.

Any folly, any silly little thing. Pamper yourself to forget it quicker.

- Take it. - I want to leave right now.

I understand.

I’ll tell Prokhor to walk you to the carriage.

Get dressed.

[SAD MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

Nazar, finally.

Good evening, Katerina Stepanovna, Olga Platonovna.

Well, tell us about your day.

- Today was better. - All right.

I’m so grateful to Roman Petrovich.

He explains everything to me, as if I were a child,

and I am beginning to understand how everything works at your factory.

What did I tell you?

You know, Nazar Ivanovich, when my competition start poaching you,

don’t say yes, even if they promise you the moon.

I don’t think your competition will want a manager

who tastes rose attar to tell it from glycerin.

So, Olga Platonovna, I am afraid you are stuck with me, the lame duck.

I suppose I am.

I almost ran into her on the stairs.

She gave me such a dirty look that I froze on the inside.

Galia, listen, you have been here a long time, haven’t you?

Is it true that the old mistress died because of her?

Don’t you have anything else to talk about, you fool?

Leave alone both the old mistress and the young one.

If I were her, I’d throw you out as soon as I crossed the threshold.

As if you would say no to the master when he gives you orders!

[SAD MUSIC]

Listen, Antip,

a little bird has told me something.

I believe you might like the news.

KIEV

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Katia, finally.

No, Andrey, don’t.

I am here to tell you that…

Katia, what’s wrong?

Katia, what is it? Are you all right?

What is this assembly?

What do you want? Why are you here?

Excuse us, Mr. Chervinskiy.

We just wanted to know when we’ll get the manumissions

you are obliged to give us and what are you going to pay us.

What did you say?

The guys and I, we are good smiths, and we love what we do.

In the city, we could easily earn 50 rubles each.

So you want 50 rubles per month, eh?

Do you want 50 a month, too?

No, sir, 11 rubles would be more than enough.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You won’t get another kopeck from me.

If you want a manumission, I won’t make you wait long.

What are you so upset about?

You are your own mistress now and can go wherever you like.

I have nowhere to go. No father, no mother, no family.

I don’t have a home. What am I supposed to do with this manumission?

Move it.

Goodbye, guys. Let’s go.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Why are you still here? You are not needed.

Sir, can I stay in Chervinka? I can work even for three rubles.

In the house, with the cattle. What do you say, sir?

I don’t have work for you. I don’t want you.

I do.

What?

Ma’am, you don’t know everything. Don’t let this wench into the house.

I know everything, Galia. It isn’t her fault.

If not her, there would be someone else.

Wait, I’m coming down.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

If you want to be angry, it’s your right.

But I need a maid, and I don’t see why this girl can’t be one.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- Ma’am! Ma’am. Thank you, ma’am. - Don’t. Let’s go inside.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

KIEV. ZHADAN’S HOSPITAL

Don’t. No. Please don’t. Lie down.

You need rest, Katerina Stepanovna.

You are very exhausted. You need a lot of food and sleep.

Why am I here? Why in this place?

It’s the only free ward. There is an influenza outbreak in Kiev.

- Can I leave whenever I want? - Of course, of course.

But I ask you not to be in a rush with it.

You need to gather your strength. If you don’t mind…

here is some soothing tincture for you.

It will help you to go to sleep.

Thank you.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Goddamn it. Where are they?

Rogneda Vasilyevna, I have two pieces of news for you,

and both will make you happy.

Firstly, I will have dinner at home tonight.

Secondly, I have invited Mr. Bukhteyev and his wife.

So please make sure everything is up to the task.

I had other plans for tonight, Yevgeniy Antonovich.

I’m happy to hear that you have finally found some other interests in life

besides starting arguments with me,

but I’m afraid you’ll have to postpone your other plans.

I have a business proposal to Sergey Dmitriyevich,

so you will have to play a good hostess

and perfect wife.

Well, I’ll do everything I can for Mr. Bukhteyev.

Merci.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Pavlina Yosypivna, are you trying to make a hole in it?

It is shiny already.

Oh, Karp Karpovich.

I don’t know, Karp Karpovich.

Honestly, it was easier for me to work for my masters.

If they were upset with me and scolded me, at least I knew the reason.

But this…

I don’t know what I have ever done to your girls that they hate me so much.

- I don’t know… - You are exaggerating.

The girls are arrogant, especially Dusia, I’ll give you that.

But they do have kind hearts.

They’d do anything for the family.

You need to find the way to reach out to them

and have a heart-to-heart conversation.

I tried. I’m afraid it only got worse.

I don’t know if it’s possible to make someone like you by force.

Here’s what I’ll tell you.

Peace in a family is the most important thing.

It’s not easy to maintain it, that’s true. But it’s very important.

Well, why am I telling you this? You are a wise woman. You already know it.

But I can talk to them if you want me to.

- Well… - Talk some sense into them. No?

They are good women. I think I can handle them.

What are you doing?

Father, what a shame! God have mercy.

What is it? What?

- How embarrassing. - For whom?

No, no. No. I can’t do it, Marichka.

I’m sorry, but after Lialia I decided not to let anyone borrow it.

Oksana, please, please, please! It’s life and death.

No, my friend. I’m done with it. Don’t be angry at me, it’s just…

I’m leaving this place soon. You know, I have this dream.

I walk along Zolotokhreshchatitskaya Street arm-in-arm with my husband,

holding my beaded purse, and everyone sees how happy I am.

So please don’t ask me.

Are you getting married? Who is he? Did you meet him here?

Yeah, right, as if I’d tell you that.

But we have already found a house for us.

All right, Marichka, goodbye. I’m on my last legs…

- Please, Oksana... - I’ll talk to you tonight. Bye, Marichka.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

May I?

The doctor said you were feeling better.

Yes. I am healthy and intend to leave the hospital.

- Let me walk with you. - No, Andrey.

I was going to tell you that

I didn’t know how to be your wife after everything that happened.

So many lies! I know about you selling Chervinka.

I wanted some peace and quiet for our family.

I couldn’t let them tarnish your name in some yellow sheet.

You could have told me or at least ask me.

All right. I’m sorry. I…

I wanted to show you something before you leave.

What is it?

Proof that I will do anything for you.

The papers proving that I have sold my salons.

You know about 15, but there were two more.

Their accounts were in another ledger.

Liubov Vasilyevna, I’m begging you, please let me go.

It’s just for one night.

What kind of help does your sister want in the middle of the night?

You said you didn’t have anyone in Kiev.

She is here for a visit, and she asked me to watch her children for her.

She and her husband need to organize a kiosk at the market

to start selling their goods tomorrow.

I haven’t seen my family for over a year.

Liubov Vasilyevna, please.

You said that French mademoiselle would be working today.

You will give her my room anyway.

All right, all right. To hell with you. Go.

But no more nights off until Christmas.

Of course. Thank you! You are the kindest person.

[SAD MUSIC]

Katia, don’t you see? I would do anything to make you forgive me.

I want everything to be the way it was.

It will never be the same, Andrey.

Too many things have happened.

I was scared of losing you. I still am.

Forgive me. Please forgive me.

For my cruelty, for my cowardice.

I swear, everything will be different now.

You said I was free in my actions and could leave this place when I want.

Yes, of course. The doctor said you shouldn’t leave so soon, though.

You need rest. But you are free to go if you decide…

Please tell Olga Platonovna that I’m here and ask her to come and collect me.

Tatyana Romanovna, Sergey Dmitriyevich, we are happy to see you in this house.

Rogneda Vasilyevna, dear, I’m so happy.

We both are, aren’t we, Sergey Dmitriyevich?

There are so many things I need to talk to you about.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I found one just like this in the hallway in our house.

Did you come visit?

Sergey Dmitriyevich, why didn’t you say anything?

No.

I wasn’t at your house. I have no idea where this vulgar thing comes from.

Only harlots wear things of this kind, don’t they, Yevgeniy Antonovich?

One of the servants must have dropped it.

Throw it away immediately.

I want to question all valets tomorrow.

The culprit has to be punished. Is that clear?

I hope this regretful incident will not spoil our evening. Let’s go.

[BAWDY MUSIC]

Liubov Vasilyevna, how long do we have to wait?

When is Mademoiselle Gautier going to make an appearance?

I’m certain I’m not the only one waiting for her.

Filipp Andreyevich, you know better than anyone

that Mademoiselle Gautier is capricious and independent.

She decides for herself when she comes and if she comes at all.

That bastard hit her yesterday, that’s all.

She probably waits for her face to heal.

Shut up, Lialia.

As if you’ve never been hit by one of those merchants.

Do you want me to feel sorry for this veiled princess? Why would I?

Nobody comes here because they want to.

You should be glad that we’ll be getting more clients owing to her fame.

Exactly.

I am glad…

I am glad, dear Sergey Dmitriyevich, that you agreed to my proposal.

We can discuss the details later. What matters is that you’re in.

A state order is always an interesting and lucrative business,

even though it’s demanding.

Yevgeniy Antonovich,

there are rumors that you have been spending

a lot of time at a certain music salon.

So what? It isn’t forbidden by law.

But if you are worried about our project...

No, no, not at all.

I was going to say that I also visited it… twice.

My God!

My dear Sergey Dmitriyevich, you are a perfect husband,

an epitome of true love.

Or is it “a grey beard, a lusty heart”?

Not at all, not at all. You’ve known me for a while.

I’m a decent man true to my Tsar, my motherland, and my wife.

Of course. Of course, you have perfect reputation.

You see, the last time I was there I meet this incredible woman,

a dazzling and graceful woman.

I can’t stop thinking about her.

But I don’t know much about the traditions of this establishment.

Do you think it would be all right for me to come to her again?

How often can I come?

Wow. Who is the beautiful nymph who took your heart prisoner?

The mysterious and exciting Mademoiselle Gautier,

a woman full of passions.

Gautier?

I haven’t heard of her.

You haven’t? The glove your wife found was exactly like hers.

I took the other one as a keepsake after my… session with her.

No, really. Honestly, I’ve never seen that glove before.

But I must admit I am intrigued.

Why don’t we go to Makarova’s right now?

Wait. What about Tatyana Romanovna and Rogneda Vasilyevna?

I assure you, they won’t even notice we’re absent.

They will have splendid time together. Let’s go!

Let’s.

I wanted to finish this painting for Yevgeniy Antonovich’s birthday,

but I didn’t have time to work on it lately.

Tatyana Romanovna, what’s wrong?

Are you so moved by the unfinished painting?

I lied to you, Rogneda Vasilyevna.

I didn’t find the wretched glove on the floor.

I found it in Sergey Dmitriyevich’s pocket.

Forgive me asking, but what made you go through your husband’s pockets?

You can’t imagine the hell I live in.

Do you think we are a perfect couple?

Actually…

my husband has grown cool towards me.

He even started sleeping in his study since yesterday.

And this wretched glove! Now I’m certain he is having an affair.

I wouldn’t be so worried if I were you.

This is the kind of gloves a prostitute would wear.

No decent woman would ever put on something like this.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Don’t worry.

Believe me, this isn’t the worst thing that can happen.

How can you say that? What can be worse?

With a harlot, it’s simple. There is no commitment.

With a mistress, there might be feelings and unwanted complications.

So you can consider yourself lucky.

What should I do?

Do you mean I have to pretend nothing is happening?

No, I didn’t say that.

Find someone and take your revenge

at the first chance you have.

[NO DIALOG]

You’re angry at me, I understand that.

I have hurt you.

But you have also hurt me a lot.

I…

I don’t want to relish my pain or nurture despair and anger in my heart.

I love you.

I love you more than myself, more than life itself.

And the only thing I want is to be with you again,

share your joys and sorrows, be your wife.

I promise I won’t bother you if you grew cold to me, if you stopped loving me.

I will become a shadow. You won’t even notice I’m here.

Just tell me, don’t you want me anymore? Don’t you love me? Just tell me.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Your excellence, excuse me, but this woman claims that you are expecting her.

Of course he does. Ivan, I have something for you.

Thank you, Spiridon.

Mariya Alekseyevna isn’t lying. I was expecting her.

Just look at this!

This molding is just like the one at the new bathhouse.

It must be expensive.

And look at you! I didn’t recognize you at first.

That man called you excellence. Are you some kind of count or baron?

Ivan, be careful with it. I need to return it.

You…

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I’ll have to mend it.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

No! No, no.

[THEME MUSIC]