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medicine about as well as I understand astronomy。 

     SONIA。 We can't send for the whole medical faculty�察�can we�察�to treat 

your gout�拭�

     SEREBRAKOFF。 I won't talk to that madman� �

     SONIA。 Do as you please。 It's all the same to me。 ��She sits down。�А�

     SEREBRAKOFF。 What time is it�拭�

    HELENA。 One o'clock。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 It is stifling in here。 Sonia�察�hand me that bottle on 

the table。 

     SONIA。 Here it is。 ��She hands him a bottle of medicine。�А�

     SEREBRAKOFF。 ��Crossly�А�No�察�not that one� �Can't you understand me�拭�

Can't I ask you to do a thing�拭�

     SONIA。 Please don't   be  captious   with   me。  Some   people  may  like  it�察�

but you must spare me�察�if you please�察�because I don't。 Besides�察�I haven't 

the time�察�we are cutting the hay to´morrow and I must get up early。 

    VOITSKI comes in dressed in a long gown and carrying a candle。 

    VOITSKI。 A thunderstorm is coming up。 ��The lightning flashes�А�There 

it is� �Go to bed�察�Helena and Sonia。 I have come to take your place。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 ��Frightened�А�No�察�n o�察�no� �Don't leave me alone with 

him� �Oh�察�don't。 He will begin to lecture me。 

    VOITSKI。 But you must give them a little rest。 They have not slept for 

two nights。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。   Then   let   them   go   to   bed�察  �but   you   go   away   too� �

Thank you。 I implore you to go。 For the sake of our former friendship do 

not protest against going。 We will talk some other time´ 

    VOITSKI。 Our former friendship� �Our former´ 

     SONIA。 Hush�察�Uncle Vanya� �

     SEREBRAKOFF。 ��To his wife�А�My darling�察�don't leave me alone with 

him。 He will begin to lecture me。 



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    VOITSKI。 This is ridiculous。 

    MARINA comes in carrying a candle。 

     SONIA。 You must go to bed�察�nurse�察�it is late。 

    MARINA。 I haven't cleared away the tea things。 Can't go to bed yet。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 No one can go to bed。 They are all worn out�察�only I 

enjoy perfect happiness。 

    MARINA。 ��Goes up to SEREBRAKOFF and speaks tenderly�А�What's 

the matter�察�master�拭�Does it hurt�拭�My own legs are aching too�察�oh�察�so badly。 

��Arranges his shawl about his legs�А�You have had this illness such a long 

time。   Sonia's   dead   mother   used   to   stay   awake   with   you   too�察  �and   wear 

herself out for you。 She loved you dearly。 ��A pause�А�Old people want to be 

pitied   as   much   as   young   ones�察  �but   nobody   cares   about   them   somehow。 

��She kisses SEREBRAKOFF'S shoulder�А�Come�察�master�察�let me give you 

some linden´tea and warm your poor feet for you。 I shall pray to God for 

you。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 ��Touched�А�Let us go�察�Marina。 

    MARINA。 My own feet are aching so badly�察�oh�察�so badly� 。�She and 

SONIA lead SEREBRAKOFF out�А�Sonia' s mother used to wear herself 

out with sorrow and weeping。 You were still little and foolish then�察�Sonia。 

Come�察�come�察�master。 

     SEREBRAKOFF�察�SONIA and MARINA go out。 

    HELENA。 I am absolutely exhausted by him�察�and can hardly stand。 

    VOITSKI。 You are exhausted by him�察�and I am exhausted by my own 

self。 I have not slept for three nights。 

    HELENA。        Something     is  wrong    in  this  house。   Your   mother    hates 

everything but her pamphlets and the professor�察�the professor is vexed�察�he 

won't trust me�察�and fears you�察�Sonia is angry with her father�察�and with me�察�

and hasn't spoken to me for two weeks�察�I am at the end of my strength�察�and 

have come near bursting into tears at least twenty times to´day。 Something 

is wrong in this house。 

    VOITSKI。 Leave speculating alone。 

    HELENA。        You    are  cultured   and   intelligent�察 �Ivan�察 �and   you   surely 

understand that the world is not destroyed by villains and conflagrations�察�

but by hate and malice and all this spiteful tattling。 It is your duty to make 



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peace�察�and not to growl at everything。 

     VOITSKI。   Help   me   first   to   make   peace   with   myself。   My   darling� �

��Seizes her hand。�А�

     HELENA。 Let go� 。�She drags her hand away�А�Go away� �

     VOITSKI。   Soon   the   rain   will   be   over�察  �and   all   nature   will   sigh   and 

awake refreshed。 Only I am not refreshed by the storm。 Day and night the 

thought haunts me like a fiend�察�that my life is lost for ever。 My past does 

not   count�察  �because   I   frittered   it   away   on   trifles�察  �and   the   present   has   so 

terribly miscarried� �What shall I do with my life and my love�拭�What is to 

become of them�拭�This wonderful feeling of mine will be wasted and lost 

as a ray of sunlight is lost that falls into a dark chasm�察�and my life will go 

with it。 

     HELENA。 I am as it were benumbed when you speak to me of your 

love�察�and I don't know how to answer you。 Forgive me�察�I have nothing to 

say to you。 ��She tries to go out�А�Good´night� �

     VOITSKI。 ��Barring the way�А�If you only knew how I am tortured by 

the thought that beside me in this house is another life that is being lost 

foreverit is yours� �What are you waiting for�拭�What accursed philosophy 

stands in your way�拭�Oh�察�understand�察�understand´ 

     HELENA。 ��Looking at him intently�А�Ivan�察�you are drunk� �

     VOITSKI。 Perhaps。 Perhaps。 

     HELENA。 Where is the doctor�拭�

     VOITSKI。 In there�察�spending the night with me。 Perhaps I am drunk�察�

perhaps I am�察�nothing is impossible。 

     HELENA。 Have you just been drinking together�拭�Why do you do that�拭�

     VOITSKI。   Because   in   that   way   I   get   a   taste   of   life。   Let   me   do   it�察�

Helena� �

     HELENA。   You   never   used   to   drink�察  �and   you   never   used   to   talk   so 

much。 Go to bed�察�I am tired of you。 

     VOITSKI。       ��Falling    on  his   knees   before    her�А  �My    sweetheart。    my 

beautiful one´ 

     HELENA。   ��Angrily�А  �Leave   me   alone�   �Really�察  �this   has   become   too 

disagreeable。 

     HELENA goes out。 A pause。 



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     VOITSKI   ��Alone�А  �She   is   gone�   �I   met   her   first   ten   years   ago�察  �at   her 

sister's house�察�when she was seventeen and I was thirty´seven。 Why did I 

not fall in love with her then and propose to her�拭�It would have been so 

easy� �And now she would have been my wife。 Yes�察�we would both have 

been    waked     to´night   by  the   thunderstorm�察    �and   she   would    have   been 

frightened�察�but I would have held her in my arms and whispered�此 �Don't be 

afraid� �I am here。; Oh�察�enchanting dream�察�so sweet that I laugh to think of 

it。 ��He laughs�А�But my God� �My head reels� �Why am I so old�拭�Why won't 

she    understand     me�拭  �I  hate  all  that  rhetoric   of  hers�察  �that  morality   of 

indolence�察�that absurd talk about the destruction of the world´ ��A pause�А�

Oh�察�how I have been deceived� �For years I have worshipped that miserable 

gout´ridden   professor。   Sonia   and   I   have   squeezed   this   estate   dry   for   his 

sake。 We have bartered our butter and curds and peas like misers�察�and have 

never kept a morsel for ourselves�察�so that we could scrape enough pennies 

together to send to him。 I was proud of him and of his learning�察�I received 

all his words and writings as inspired�察�and now�拭�Now he has retired�察�and 

what is the total of his life�拭�A blank� �He is absolutely unknown�察�and his 

fame has burst like a soap´bubble。 I have been deceived�察�I see that now�察�

basely deceived。 

     ASTROFF comes in。 He has his coat on�察�but is without his waistcoat 

or collar�察�and is slightly drunk。 TELEGIN follows him�察�carrying a guitar。 

     ASTROFF。 Play� �

     TELEGIN。 But every one is asleep。 

     ASTROFF。 Play� �

     TELEGIN begins to play softly。 

     ASTROFF。  Are   you   alone   here�拭  �No   women   about�拭  。�Sings   with   his 

arms akimbo。�А�

       ;The   hut   is   cold�察  �the   fire   is   dead�察  �Where   shall   the   master   lay   his 

head�拭─�

     The thunderstorm woke me。 It was a heavy shower。 What time is it�拭�

     VOITSKI。 The devil only knows。 

       ASTROFF。 I thought I heard Helena's voice。 

       VOITSKI。 She was here a moment ago。 

       ASTROFF。       What     a  beautiful   woman�      。�Looking    at  the   medicine 



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bottles on the table�А�Medicine�察�is it�拭�What a variety we have�察�prescriptions 

from Moscow�察�from Kharkoff�察�from Tula� �Why�察�he has been pestering all 

the towns of Russia with his gout� �Is he ill�察�or simply shamming�拭�

       VOITSKI。 He is really ill。 

    ASTROFF。 What is the matter with you to´night�拭�You seem sad。 Is it 

because you are sorry for the professor�拭�

       VOITSKI。 Leave me alone。 

       ASTROFF。 Or in love with the professor's wife�拭�

       VOITSKI。 She is my friend。 

       ASTROFF。 Already�拭�

       VOITSKI。 What do you mean by ;already;�拭�

    ASTROFF。 A woman can only become a man's friend after having first 

been his acquaintance and then his belovedthen she becomes his friend。 

    VOITSKI。 What vulgar philosophy� �

    ASTROFF。   What   do   you   mean�拭  �Yes�察  �I   must   confess   I   am   getting 

vulgar�察�but then�察�you see�察�I am drunk。 I usually only drink like this once a 

month。 At   such times   my  audacity  and   temerity  know   no   bounds。   I   feel 

capable of anything。 I attempt the most difficult operations and do them 

magnificently。   The   most   brilliant   plans   for   the   future   take   shape   in   my 

head。   I   am   no   longer   a   poor   fool   of   a   doctor�察  �but   mankind's   greatest 

benefactor。 I evolve my own system of philosophy and all of you seem to 

crawl at my feet like so many insec
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