5th Incident
Iona reflects on his grief. Then, he decides to check on his horse.
'Are you munching?' Iona asks his mare. 'Since we have not earned enough for oats, we will eat hay….Yes…I have grown too old to drive… My son ought to be driving, not I…He was a real coachman. Kuzma Ionitch is gone…He said goodbye to me...'