[Deemer]
(Polina and Dorn enter the garden.)
DORN: Why did you have to do that?
POLINA: Because she gave them to you.
DORN: You're jealous.
POLINA: Can you blame me? You have eyes for every young woman you see.
DORN: I'm old enough to be her father.
POLINA: She still gives you flowers.
DORN: It was a meaningless gesture of courtesy. Nothing more.
POLINA: How do I know you're not having an affair with her?
DORN: That's ridiculous.
POLINA: Will you deny it?
DORN: Of course I'll deny it. It's not true.
POLINA: Something is distracting you lately.
DORN: Meaning?
POLINA: You've been ignoring me.
DORN: I've been behaving toward you exactly the same as I always have.
POLINA: Then why do I feel ignored?
DORN: Because you want me to take you away. You feel sorry for yourself whenever you think of it.
POLINA: What a cruel thing to say.
DORN: I think it's true. We go along for months and everything is fine. Then you decide this isn't enough, what we have, and you want more. You want me to carry you off into the sunset. You probably even want me to marry you. You get sick of your life here and become obsessed about running off with me. And then we start fighting. Don't you see the pattern? This is not the first time this has happened.
POLINA: You must hate me.
DORN: Of course I don't hate you.
POLINA: How can you put up with me?
DORN: Usually you regain your senses, and everything between us is good again.
POLINA: This is enough for you? What we have here?
DORN: Quite enough. It's what is real. It's what we have. I'm not a dreamer.
POLINA: I guess I am a dreamer, aren't I?
DORN: Yes, you are.
POLINA: I can't help it.
DORN: No, I suppose you can't.
POLINA: You are not having an affair with Nina?
DORN: Of course not. She's a child. Besides, Treplev is madly in love with her.
POLINA: Do you think she loves him back?
DORN: No. I think she will break his heart.
POLINA: Men deserve to have their hearts broken now and again. Women are always the ones to suffer.
DORN: Don't feel sorry for yourself. Go fix yourself a cup of tea - I want to talk to Kostya, I see him over at the boathouse.
(He moves off, and Polina enters the house.)