SATINE. To see Natashka.
NASTYA. Oh—just woke up, did you? She’s been out of the hospital for some time—and they can’t find a trace of her . . .
SATINE. Oh—that woman’s a goner!
KLESHTCH. It’s interesting to see whether Vaska will get the best of Vassilisa, or the other way around—?
NASTYA. Vassilisa will win out! She’s shrewd! And Vaska will go to the gallows!
SATINE. For manslaughter? No—only to jail . . .
NASTYA. Too bad—the gallows would have been better . . . that’s where all of you should be sent . . . swept off into a hole—like filth . . .
SATINE [astonished] What’s the matter? Are you crazy?
THE BARON. Oh—give her a wallop—that’ll teach her to be less impertinent . . .
NASTYA. Just you try to touch me!