EGÓRUSHKA. [Enters] The girls have come.
PELAGÉYA EGÓROVNA. Ask them in. [EGÓRUSHKA goes out; the girls come in.
ARÍNA brings in a dish and covers it] Sit down and sing the dish songs;
I'm so fond of them.
LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA, MÁSHA, LÍZA, and ANNA IVÁNOVNA take off their rings and put them into the dish; the girls sing.
"Sow the wheat, my mother, and bake the cake for me.
Glory!
Many guests are coming, my lovers for to be. Glory!
Your guests will wear bast slippers, but mine have boots
of hide. Glory!
The girl of whom the song is sung, much good it doth betide.
Glory!
The girl whose ring is taken out, will find it so without a
doubt. Glory!"
RAZLYULYÁYEV rolls up his sleeves, takes out a ring and gives it to
LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA.
PELAGÉYA EGÓROVNA. High time, high time!
GIRLS. [Sing]
"In Bélgorod a sparrow small, Glory!
In Bélgorod sits on a wall. Glory!