The Father. "Shut up, Mikko, ere I get furious. That my daughter should have secret intrigues with a groom. Fie, for shame! How dare you spread such vile slander. Had it concerned any other!—But Anna Liisa, whom everybody knows to be the most steady and honourable girl in the whole neighbourhood. That you can be so impudent. For shame, I say once more."
Mikko. "Ask Anna Liisa herself if I have spoken truth or falsehood."
The Father. "Can't you open your mouth, girl? Clear yourself from such disgusting insults."
The Mother. "Defend yourself, Anna Liisa."
Johannes. "Say that he lies, and I will believe you."
Matters have gone too far. The disclosure cannot be put off.
Broken-hearted she only exclaims—
"Oh, good God!"
Mikko in his mad rage fetches his old mother, who corroborates all he has said, and tells the story of Anna Liisa's guilt, adding—
"And she could have been put in prison."