Egor is the chief prosecutor of the district. Alyona is an orphan caught stealing food. He urgently needs a family, and she needs guardianship over her niece. She’s against it, but his motto is: I see the goal, I don’t see obstacles.
— Here’s the arrangement. In ten minutes guardianship will take the child away, and you’ll be sent to a detention center. But I have an alternative proposal.
— I won’t sleep with you!
— Your dubious charms are not my taste, sweetie. Listen and remember. For everyone, you’re my wife—and Katya is my daughter, whom you shamelessly and treacherously hid from me.
— She isn’t your daughter! — she stood up in outrage.
— And I’m Sladkova, not the sweet one. For you, I’m only by my patronymic and surname—Alyona Pavlovna!
— Wrong. Not Sladkova, but the wife of Dragonova. That’s your new last name, Alyona Palna. And Katya’s too. I hope you remembered our legend?