KUDRIASH. What's the matter?
BORIS. I shall go mad with joy.
KUDRIASH. What next! I can't see anything to go mad about! You look out that you don't make a mess of things and get her into trouble! Her husband's a fool, we all know, but her mother-in-law is terrible.
[Varvara comes out of the gate.
SCENE VII
The Same and VARVARA, afterwards KATERINA.
VARVARA (at the gate, sings). "Beyond the river, the swift river, My Vania's walking, dear Vania's walking" ...
KUDRIASH (going on with the song). "Going to the fair." (Whistles.)