Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: Ka neke te kōrero ki Crimea, ki reira te kaipupuri whenua pouaru a Nikolai Mikhailovich Layevsky e manaaki ana i tana tama a Pavel i muri i tana mahi hōia e rima tau te roa. Ki tana whakamataku, he tawhiti atu i te tūmataiti te hui, nā te mea kua kawea mai e Pavel a Vitkevich. He tangata pōhēhē, he tangata pōhēhē, e tuku ana i te ahua o te kore whakaaro, ehara ko Vitkevich anake te mea tino pai o te whanau kingi o Ruhia, engari he mea whakamiharo ano hoki na ona hoa rangatira. Heoi, kaore a Nikolai i te kite he aha te take i kaha ai tana tama ki te tangata ke, kaore i te mohio ko Vitkevich te momo tangata e noho ana i roto i te whare moepuku mo te kaupapa noa o te inu waipiro. Ka mau a Vitkevich i a Nikolai e koa ana ki te wa piri ki a Masha, te kaitohutohu matua o te kainga, he ahua o te whaea whakakapi ki a Pavel, na Vitkevich i whakaatu mai ka tiimata ia ki te mahi tino nui, ara he haerenga ki Kabul. Katahi ka haere a Vitkevich ki te kauwhau i te mutunga o Ruhia me te
Ko te hiahia o te Emepaea ki te whakawhānui rohe, he ariā e whakahe ana a Masha.