THE FIRST. That's Kuligin's voice.
THE SECOND. They're coming along the bank with torches.
THE FIRST. They're coming this way, and they're carrying her.
[Several people come back.
ONE OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME BACK. That Kuligin's a brave fellow! It was close here in a deep pool, near the bank; with the torchlight we could see a long way off in the water; he saw her dress and pulled her out.
KABANOV. Alive?
THE MAN. How could she be alive? She had thrown herself from the height; the bank is steep there, and she must have fallen upon the anchor, she was so injured, poor thing! But she looks as though she were alive! Only one little wound on the temple, and one single stain of blood on it.
[Kabanov runs across the scene, meets Kuligin with the crowd, carrying in Katerina.