However, soon the hermit's life bored him, and Eugene goes on a visit to his neighbors, Larin, with a friend, the poet Lensky, whose bride is the youngest daughter of the Larins.
Nokho, ngokushesha ukuphila wodwa kanjani ukuthi bakhathala, futhi u-Eugene uya ukuvakashela omakhelwane bakhe, u Larin, nomngane, imbongi Lensky, ogama umakoti - the Indodakazi encane, Larin.