[Deemer]
SORIN: Where are they going?
IRINA: I think Medvedenko is getting ready to pop the question.
SORIN: What question is that?
IRINA: He's in love with Masha.
SORIN: A wedding at the estate! What a lovely idea.
IRINA: I don't think she'll have him.
SORIN: What a pitty.
TRIGORIN: I think Masha has an eye for your son.
IRINA: Who never gives her the time of day. He can't see anyone but Nina.
SORIN: Maybe Kostya and Nina will marry on the estate.
IRINA: I hope not.
TRIGORIN: Why?
IRINA: He's too unsettled to marry anyone. He's a young man floundering around to find himself.
SORIN: You should send him abroad.
IRINA: I'm not made out of money. These are delicious, don't you think? I'm going to have another.
(She helps herself to another small cake and speaks to the audience:)
IRINA: Which is where we have our first intermission.
(All actors leave to the dressing rooms.)
(End of Act I)