The Power of Darkness

Act IV

Autumn. Evening. The moon is shining. The stage represents the

interior of courtyard. The scenery at the back shows, in the middle,

the back porch of the hut. To the right the winter half of the hut and

the gate; to the left the summer half and the cellar. To the right of

the stage is a shed. The sound of tipsy voices and shouts are heard

from the hut.[5] SECOND NEIGHBOR WOMAN comes out of the hut and

beckons to FIRST NEIGHBOR WOMAN.

SECOND NEIGHBOR. How's it Akoulna has not shown herself?

FIRST NEIGHBOR. Why hasn't she shown herself? She'd have been glad to;

but she's too ill, you know. The suitor's relatives have come, and

want to see the girl; and she, my dear, she's lying in the cold hut

and can't come out, poor thing!

SECOND NEIGHBOR. But how's that?

FIRST NEIGHBOR. They say she's been bewitched by an evil eye! She's

got pains in the stomach!

SECOND NEIGHBOR. You don't say so?

FIRST NEIGHBOR. What else could it be?