[Enter MARÍNA'S husband, red and tipsy, and NAN.
Marína's Husband. Marína! Missis! My old woman! are you here?
Nikíta. There's your husband calling you. Go!
Marína. And you?
Nikíta. I? I'll lie down here for a bit!
[Lies down on the straw.
Husband. Where is she then?
Nan. There she is, near the barn.
Husband. What are you standing there for? Come to the feast! The hosts want you to come and do them honor! The wedding party is just going to start, and then we can go too.
Marína (going towards her husband). I didn't want to go in.