[Deemer]
(Treplev joins Ilya at the boathouse.)
TREPLEV: I'm taking a boat across the lake to Nina's.
ILYA: Very good.
(He starts preparing a boat.)
ILYA: I have a horse ready, if you prefer to ride.
TREPLEV: I want a boat.
ILYA: Won't take a minute. (As he prepares a boat:) Sorry about your mother doing that.
TREPLEV: It doesn't matter.
ILYA: I thought it was very interesting up to that point.
TREPLEV: What was interesting?
ILYA: The play.
TREPLEV: What about the play?
ILYA: Everything. Here you are.
TREPLEV: Everything! How can everything be interesting? I'll be back late.
(He moves to the boat, as if to board - then quickly turns to the audience:)
TREPLEV: This ends the First Act.
(He and Ilya move quickly to the house, into their dressing rooms, where they cannot be followed.)
(End of Act I)