[K-I-4]

[Deemer]

(Ilya and Polina enter the kitchen. Ilya goes to the vodka bottle and takes a swig.)

POLINA: You're drinking early today.

ILYA: Not as early as you're complaining.

POLINA: You're going to do what you want.

ILYA: That's right. And with a kind heart - do you want a glass?

POLINA: Why not?

(Smiling, Ilya pours two glasses.)

ILYA: I hope Treplev learned his lesson.

POLINA: What lesson is that?

ILYA: That he has no talent writing for the stage.

POLINA: Irina still was more cruel than she had to be.

ILYA: Better he learns the lesson now than later, when it's even more painful.

To your health.

(They drink.)

POLINA: Will you be joining us for cake?

ILYA: I have work to do at the boathouse.

POLINA: Another bottle stashed there, too?

ILYA: And if I do?

POLINA: You're going to do what you want.

ILYA: That I am. More before I go?

POLINA: No.

ILYA: This is Moscow vodka. If you want more later, use the other bottle.

POLINA: I'm not going to steal your precious Moscow vodka.

ILYA: You're a wise woman.

(He leaves. Polina fetches a prepared tray of small cakes and exits to the living room.)

[follow Ilya to boathouse]

[follow Polina to living room]