to haunt me!
Sacred circle, save me!
Sacred circle, protect me!
Oh, my God.
Sacred circle, save me!
Sacred circle, protect me!
Away, Satan! Away!
Blessed are they that fear
the Almighty...
Away! Away with you!
God in Heaven, I call on Thee
for help...
Stay away!
- There's the philosopher!
- He's finished.
It's a lovely place to live!
You could fish all day in that
river.
Old man!
I'm not going inside.
I'll sleep right here.
It's not allowed, philosopher.
I have my orders.
- Have you got some borsch for us?
- We have, you old devil.
- How does it taste?
- Ask the philosopher.
- Well?
- What did go on?
Nothing much. Just some noises.
A Cossack doesn't fear anything
in this world.
Let's go, Yavtukh.
A Cossack is never afraid of
anything.
It's true, the first time, you really
are afraid.
But after a while, you're not
so afraid.
And after that, you're not afraid
at all!
Because there's nothing
that can do me any harm.
Lord God! Let not Thy divine Angel
be turned against me.
I ask Thee to spare me
Thy terrible wrath.
Have mercy upon Thy servant.
I know my spirit's weak.
God, save me from my weaknesses,
preserve my heart from sin,
my soul from evil...
Strengthen my spirit
and protect me
from the temptations of evil.
Have mercy on...
God Almighty, save me!
Heavenly Father, save me!
O Lord!
Save me from the demon!
O Lord!
Save me from the demon!
God, give me strength!
Holy Father in Heaven!
Save me from the evil one!
Khoma!
Khoma!
By the shades of night, may he go
blind, turn his hair white.
Bewitch him.
Cover him with snow.
Hey, philosopher! On your feet!
I want music!
I want to have music right now!
From the looks of it, he'll dance
all day, that fellow.
Yes, he can dance for a long time.
- Hey, philosopher, what's wrong?
- Don't you see? I'm dancing.
Oh, your hair has turned white!
As white as milk.
Just like good old Yavtukh.
I must talk to your master.
I'll explain everything.
I don't want to pray there again!
What? It's all going well?
Were you able to stay awake?
Yes, I was able to stay awake.
The devil lives in this house. I want
to skip out while I'm in one piece.
- What do you mean?
- It's your daughter, sir...
She may have noble blood
in her veins, no doubt about that,
however, may God have mercy
on her soul...
- What about my daughter?
- She's in league with the devil.
She won't let me read
the Scriptures in front of her.
You will read, since she summoned
you.
She did not wish to bear
a spiritual burden to the grave.
The only way to assure her salvation
was to have the prayers said.
Release me, I beg you!
Don't make me go through with it.
You will read!
There's just one more night.
You'll do godly work,
and I will reward you.
For all the gold in the world...
I wouldn't read another prayer.
That's enough!
Philosopher...
You're wrong if you think you can
trifle with me.
That sort of thing is fit for the
seminary, but I'll not tolerate it.
I'll order the guards to lash you.
There's nothing so excruciating as
as the leather lash on raw flesh.
I know that.
More than half a dozen
are unbearable.
However, what you don't know
is how expert my men are at it.
They lash you, then we give them
some vodka and they begin again.
You may go.
Go back to your duties.
If you fail to do them,
you'll have a thousand lashes.
And if you do them,
one thousand gold pieces.
A thousand gold pieces!
The old miser was surely lying.
Never mind, good master,
I'll run away from here so fast
that even your dogs will never
catch up with me.
You should know better than
make such a detour.
You nearly ruined your fine robe.
That would've been a shame.
How much did you pay for one yard?
Why don't you keep your mouth
shut, dear old Yavtukh?
Foolish dog.
Not hungry? Then let's go to
the church.
Are you scared? That witch will
give you the time of your life.
Scared of a witch?
Nothing scares a Cossack!
I stood