Quadrille

Two middleaged couples live in twohanded village huts the Zvyagintsevs and the Arefyevs Once the wives tired of family life decided to exchange husbands Between old neighbors and good friends a cheerful quadrille begins with a constant change of partners Without wanting it a lonely woman Makeyevna takes part in it for the last time slowly dragging bricks from the Zvyagintsevs yard