The scene represents the village street. To the left the outside of
PETER'S hut, built of logs, with a porch in the middle; to the right
of the hut the gates and a corner of the yard buildings. ANSYA is
beating hemp in the street near the corner of the yard. Six months
have elapsed since the First Act.
ANSYA (stops and listens). Mumbling something again. He's probably
got off the stove.