Mongo figures out his relationship with Peter. Being sure that Olga is pregnant with Peter's child, he only cares about her reputation. Realizing that he has become a toy in the wrong hands, Czartoryski goes to Alexander and asks to be expelled from St. Petersburg. During the "lookouts" Varya braves the hapless groom, Count Bielski... and runs away from home. At the apartment of Peter and Tolstoy, Varya meets Lugin and shares her misfortune with him - now his mother wants to marry her to a neighbor on the estate.