SECOND. Yes, niggers too.
FIRST. And I say, old fellow, what's this?
SECOND. That's the Lithuanian invasion. A battle, d'ye see? Our men fighting with the men of Lithuania.
FIRST. Who were these Lithuanians?
SECOND. Can't say. Lithuanians, to be sure.
FIRST. But they do say, you know, they fell down on us from heaven.
SECOND. I can't tell about that, I daresay they did.
A WOMAN. What ignorance! Why, everyone knows the Lithuanians fell from heaven. Well to be sure! and it was in memory of the battle with them that these mounds were made.
FIRST. There, old fellow! That's so, you see!
[Enter Dikoy and Kuligin, his head bare. All the bystanders bow and assume a respectful air on seeing Dikoy.