[B-I-2]

[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)

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