The Onkilon women’s patience game is a Breather Episode when things are already looking grim. In the game, women tickle one another, and the winners are those who manage not to laugh. Annuan and Annuir use the game to fight over Ordin, and both manage to win. As his friends put it, Ordin now has two super-patient brides, and both of them jealous.
The film
Ignaty tries to persuade Perfilyev that Sannikov Land exists, saying that the migratory birds must be headed to it and that his heart tells him the Land is there. Then Perfilyev announces Ignaty will join the expedition to discover it too, and the latter immediately changes his mind and says there is no such place. And then Perfilyev persuades him using the same arguments – that the birds must be headed to it and that his heart tells him the Land exists.
Ilyin and Krestovsky discussing the expedition. While climbing a tower (a result of their bet).
Ilyin: You may forget about wages!
Krestovsky (happily takes the rope Ilyin offers to him): That suits me! I don’t like to think about money!
