[L-III-4]

[Deemer]

(Polina and Dorn enter.)

POLINA: They're almost ready to go, if anyone wants to say goodbye.

SORIN: Well, I don't want them to leave without saying goodbye.

POLINA: Ilya is bringing the carriage around.

(Sorin, Medvedenko and Polina exit; Nina and Dorn remain.)

Follow them.

DORN: You're not going to say goodbye?

NINA: In a minute. You?

DORN: I hate goodbyes.

NINA: I should apologize about what I said to you. I have no right to judge anyone. It's all I can do to manage my own life.

DORN: Apology accepted -- but I didn't hold it against you. You were angry.

NINA: Yes, I was. I'm terrified about going to Moscow.

DORN: I know. But I do think it's necessary, if you want to be an actress. An artist. The first rule, Nina, is not to listen to people like me. You have to be driven.

NINA: Good. Because I feel like I am. Sometimes I feel like I'm standing to one side, watching myself do things that amaze me.

DORN: You probably will become a great actress.

NINA: I have to try!

DORN: Good luck to you.

NINA: You sound like you're saying goodbye.

DORN: I am, aren't I?

NINA: Yes. I guess you are.

DORN: I'll be looking for your name in the papers.

NINA: Goodbye.

Follow Nina

(Dorn watches her go. He turns to the audience.)

DORN: She's going after Trigorin, I expect. To tell him she's following him to Moscow. Youth is so impulsive. But I envy him, in a way, because that kind of energy can be catching. So nice to be around. Well. I won't bore you by complaining. Well, I need a drink.

Follow him.