Not long after Gogol's fatality, Binh names him guilty for the deaths of the Cossacks and also the girls by the Dark Horseman, since he was the one who got them to be concealed in the barn. Bomgart is not able to carry out a post-mortem evaluation on the Gogol's body, while Vakula's daughter Vasilina (who covertly has magic abilities) announces denial about Gogol's demise.