Helenka. Why did you drag me into the street?
Thief [holding her hand.] Come with me. Remember what we said. Come to another land with me.
Helenka [weeping]. What does he want with me? Why did he drag me into the street? Come home, children.
[All run from him.]
Thief [stands near the well, and thunders after them]. Dogs, where are you running?... You dogs, you damned dogs.... [Townspeople come to the well with pails, grumbling.] Get out of the way....
[Curtain.]