VARVARA. Really! And were there any men in love with you, as a girl?
KATERINA. Of course there were!
VARVARA. Well? And didn't you care for anyone?
KATERINA. No, I only laughed at them.
VARVARA. And you know, Katia, you don't love Tihon.
KATERINA. Oh, yes, I do! I'm dreadfully sorry for him.
VARVARA. Oh, no, you don't. If you're sorry for him you don't love him. And indeed you've no great reason to, I must own. And it's no good your being so close with me! I noticed a long while ago, that you were fond of some one.
KATERINA (with dismay). How did you notice it?
VARVARA. How absurd you are! I'm not a baby! Well, I'll tell you the first sign I knew by; directly you see him, your whole face is transformed. (Katerina drops her eyes.) And that's not all....
KATERINA (still looking down). Well, whom then?