(There are bets going around the palace about Catherine's labor and child....)

Tatyana: I'm betting on part horse.

Arkady: I'm betting on her dying.

People in charge of the bets: Two-to-one, the Empress dies in childbirth. Four-to-one, kid is part horse. Eight-to-one, Vinodel kills him. Possibly accidentally. Ten-to-one, baby is tragically born with a v*gina. Four-to-one, a boy. Twenty-to-one, part crocodile. Vinodel loses tool inside Empress, five-to-one.