[II-3]

[Chekhov]

DORN: She'll have a couple of drinks before lunch.

SORIN: Masha is not very happy.

DORN: Of course she's happy.

SORIN: Easy for a man like you, who has everything, to say.

IRINA: But what's more boring than life in the country? It's hot, it's quiet, there's nothing to do but sit around and talk. I love your company, of course, and I love listening to you - but I confess I'd rather be alone in a hotel room, studying my lines for a wonderful role.

NINA: I understand completely!

SORIN: Of course it's nicer in town. You sit in your study, no one comes in unannounced, you have a telephone, a taxi waiting outside . . .

(Ilya and Polina enter.)

[continue]