V lesah. V 2-h t.

Manyaschie lesnye dali Zavolzh'ya, skryvayuschie v svoih urochischah raskol'nich'i skity s ih potaennoy zhizn'yu. Vol'no tekuschaya Volga… Nastoyaschaya, iskonnaya, starozavetnaya Rus', buynaya v vesel'e, bezuderzhnaya v grehah, istovaya v raskayanii. Vsemu zdes' naydetsya mesto – i p'yanstvu, i legkosti nravov, i izuverstvu. No tem yarche zhivym, chistym bleskom siyaet nastoyaschaya lyubov', podlinnaya vera, krasota chelovecheskoy dushi.