[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.)