Kolinka. Are you sure, Sascha? Where is the Baroness?
Sascha. The men said so at the well this morning, so it must be true.
Matrena. Did the Baron bring the little Prince and Princess with him?
Sascha. Of course my lady and the children weren't in Siberia with the Baron. They've been in some foreign country—I forget where—all these years. And now the Baron has sent for them, and they have all come back to the castle to keep Christmas together.
Matrena. Oh, how glad I am!
Sascha. What are you glad for? It won't make any difference to us.
Matrena. But I'm glad, anyway!
Kolinka. Of course she is, and so we all are, Sascha—glad for the Baron and the lady, and the children, too.
Nicolas. Did you say they were coming here, Sascha?
Pavlo. Are we going to see them?