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the caucasian chalk circle note scene2

In this scene, the governor and his family are going to the church. There, they meet the fat prince. The governor refuses to hear from the rider from the capital.Grusha has been molest by a guard. After the governor enters the church, the fat prince gives the signal to soldiers to stage coup. The governor has been captured. His wife has been urged by the adjutant to leave. The foolish woman wastes too much time on useless things so she has to leave the child Micheal behind. After Grusha's farewell with her fiance Simon, she hesitates over and over whether flees away or carries the child. When the ironshirts break in the fort and retreat to find the child(they reckon Micheal is not there), Grusha hears the child's call for help. So she takes Michael with her and flees away.

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