KATERINA. Have I not forsaken my home, and come out to you in the night?
BORIS. You came of your own free will.
KATERINA. I have no will. If I had had any will left of my own, I would not have come to you. (Lifts her eyes and looks at Boris. A short silence.) Your will is upon me now, don't you see that? [Sinks on his neck.
BORIS (puts his arms about Katerina). My life!
KATERINA. Ah, if death would come quickly now!
BORIS. Why die when life is so sweet for us?
KATERINA. No, life is not for me! I know it is not for me!
BORIS. Don't say such things, please, don't torture me.
KATERINA. Yes, you are happy, you are free as the air, but I! ...
BORIS. No one shall know of our love. Do you think I have no feeling for you?