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Good´bye。 ��She tries to leave the room。�А�

    ASTROFF。   Why   good´bye�拭  �Don't   say   good´bye�察  �don't   waste   words。 

Oh�察�how lovely you arewhat hands� 。�He kisses her hands。�А�

    HELENA。 Enough of this� 。�She frees her hands�А�Leave the room� �You 

have forgotten yourself。 

    ASTROFF。 Tell me�察�tell me�察�where can we meet to´morrow�拭。�He puts 

his arm around her�А�Don't you see that we must meet�察�that it is inevitable�拭�

    He kisses her。 VOITSKI comes in carrying a bunch of roses�察�and stops 

in the doorway。 

    HELENA。 ��Without seeing VOITSKI�А�Have pity� �Leave me�察。�lays her 

head on ASTROFF'S shoulder�А�Don't� 。�She tries to break away from him。�А�

    ASTROFF。   ��Holding   her   by  the   waist�А  �Be   in   the   forest   tomorrow   at 

two o'clock。 Will you�拭�Will you�拭�

    HELENA。 ��Sees VOITSKI�А�Let me go� 。�Goes to the window deeply 

embarrassed�А�This is appalling� �

    VOITSKI。       ��Throws     the  flowers    on  a  chair�察  �and   speaks   in  great 

excitement�察    �wiping    his  face  with  his  handkerchief�А    �Nothingyes�察   �yes�察�

nothing。 

    ASTROFF。 The weather is fine to´day�察�my dear Ivan�察�the morning was 

overcast and looked like rain�察�but now the sun is shining again。 Honestly�察�

we have had a very fine autumn�察�and the wheat is looking fairly well。 ��Puts 

his map back into the portfolio�А�But the days are growing short。 

    HELENA。 ��Goes quickly up to VOITSKI�А�You must do your best�察�you 

must use all your power to get my husband and myself away from here to´ 

day� �Do you hear�拭�I say�察�this very day� �

    VOITSKI。 ��Wiping his face�А�Oh� �Ah� �Oh� �All right� �IHelena�察�I saw 

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    HELENA。 ��In great agitation�А�Do you hear me�拭�I must leave here this 

very day� �

     SEREBRAKOFF�察�SONIA�察�MARINA�察�and TELEGIN come in。 

    TELEGIN。 I  am not   very  well myself�察  �your   Excellency。 I  have   been 

limping for two days�察�and my head 

     SEREBRAKOFF。   Where   are           the   others�拭 �I   hate   this   house。  It   is  a 

regular   labyrinth。   Every   one   is   always   scattered   through   the   twenty´six 

enormous   rooms�察  �one   never   can   find   a   soul。   ��Rings�А �Ask   my   wife   and 

Madame Voitskaya to come here� �

    HELENA。 I am here already。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 Please�察�all of you�察�sit down。 

     SONIA。 ��Goes up to HELENA and asks anxiously�А�What did he say�拭�

    HELENA。 I'll tell you later。 

     SONIA。 You are moved。 ��looking quickly and inquiringly into her face�А�

I understand�察�he said he would not come here any more。 ��A pause�А�Tell me�察�

did he�拭�

    HELENA nods。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。            ��To   TELEGIN�А       �One    can�察  �after   all�察 �become 

reconciled to being an invalid�察�but not to this country life。 The ways of it 

stick in my throat and I feel exactly as if I had been whirled off the earth 

and   landed   on   a   strange   planet。   Please   be   seated�察  �ladies   and   gentlemen。 

Sonia� 。�SONIA does not hear。 She is standing with her head bowed sadly 

forward     on  her   breast�А �Sonia�   。�A   pause�А  �She   does   not  hear  me。   ��To 

MARINA�А�Sit down too�察�nurse。 ��MARINA sits down and begins to knit 

her   stocking�А  �I   crave   your   indulgence�察  �ladies   and   gentlemen�察  �hang   your 

ears�察�if I may say so�察�on the peg of attention。 ��He laughs。�А�

    VOITSKI。 ��Agitated�А�Perhaps you do not need memay I be excused�拭�

     SEREBRAKOFF。 No�察�you are needed now more than any one。 

    VOITSKI。 What is it you want of me�拭�

     SEREBRAKOFF。 Youbut what are you angry about�拭�If it is anything 

I have done�察�I ask you to forgive me。 

    VOITSKI。 Oh�察�drop that and come to business�察�what do you want�拭�

    MME。 VOITSKAYA comes in。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 Here is mother。 Ladies and gentlemen�察�I shall begin。 



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I have asked you to assemble here�察�my friends�察�in order to discuss a very 

important   matter。   I   want   to   ask   you   for   your   assistance   and   advice�察  �and 

knowing   your   unfailing   amiability   I   think   I   can   count   on   both。   I   am   a 

book´worm   and        a  scholar�察  �and   am   unfamiliar     with   practical   affairs。   I 

cannot�察�I find�察�dispense with the help of well´informed people such as you�察�

Ivan�察�and you�察�Telegin�察�and you�察�mother。 The truth is�察�_manet omnes una 

nox��_ that is to say�察�our lives are in the hands of God�察�and as I am old and 

ill�察�I realise that the time has come for   me to dispose of my property in 

regard to the interests of my family。 My life is nearly over�察�and I am not 

thinking   of   myself�察  �but   I   have   a   young   wife   and   daughter。   ��A  pause�А  �I 

cannot continue to live in the country�察�we were not made for country life�察�

and yet we cannot afford to live in town on the income derived from this 

estate。 We might sell the woods�察�but that would be an expedient we could 

not   resort   to   every   year。   We   must   find   some   means   of   guaranteeing   to 

ourselves a certain more or less fixed yearly income。 With this object in 

view�察   �a   plan   has   occurred    to  me    which    I  now    have    the   honour    of 

presenting   to   you   for   your   consideration。   I   shall   only   give   you   a   rough 

outline�察�avoiding all details。 Our estate does not pay on an average more 

than two per cent on the money invested in it。 I propose to sell it。 If we 

then invest our capital in bonds�察�it will earn us four to five per cent�察�and 

we should probably have a surplus over of several thousand roubles�察�with 

which we could buy a summer cottage in Finland 

     VOITSKI。 Hold on� �Repeat what you just said�察�I don't think I heard 

you quite right。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 I said we would invest the money in bonds and buy 

a cottage in Finland with the surplus。 

     VOITSKI。 No�察�not Finlandyou said something else。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 I propose to sell this place。 

     VOITSKI。   Aha�   �That        was   it�  �So   you   are  going   to   sell   the  place�拭�

Splendid。 The idea is a rich one。 And what do you propose to do with my 

old mother and me and with Sonia here�拭�

     SEREBRAKOFF。             That   will   be  decided     in  due   time。   We   can't   do 

everything at once。 

     VOITSKI。 Wait� �It is clear that until this moment I have never had a 



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grain of sense in my head。 I have always been stupid enough to think that 

the estate belonged to Sonia。 My father bought it as a wedding present for 

my     sister�察 �and  I  foolishly    imagined     that  as  our   laws   were    made    for 

Russians and not Turks�察�my sister's estate would come down to her child。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。   Of   course   it   is   Sonia's。   Has   any   one   denied   it�拭  �I 

don't want   to   sell it   without   Sonia's   consent�察�on   the  contrary�察 �what   I  am 

doing is for Sonia's good。 

     VOITSKI。   This   is   absolutely   incomprehensible。   Either   I   have   gone 

mad oror 

     MME。 VOITSKAYA。  Jean�察 �don't   contradict Alexander。 Trust to him�察�

he knows better than we do what is right and what is wrong。 

     VOITSKI。 I shan't。 Give me some water。 ��He drinks�А�Go ahead� �Say 

anything you pleaseanything� �

     SEREBRAKOFF。 I can't imagine why you are so upset。 I don't pretend 

that my scheme is an ideal one�察�and if you all object to it I shall not insist。 

��A pause。�А�

     TELEGIN。        ��With    embarrassment�А       �I  not  only    nourish    feelings   of 

respect   toward   learning�察  �your   Excellency�察  �but   I   am   also   drawn   to   it   by 

family  ties。   My  brother   Gregory's   wife's   brother�察  �whom   you   may   know�察�

his name is Constantine Lakedemonoff�察�and he used to be a magistrate 

     VOITSKI。 Stop�察�Waffles。 This is business�察�wait a bit�察�we will talk of 

that later。 ��To SEREBRAKOFF�А�There now�察�ask him what he thinks�察�this 

estate was bought from his uncle。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 Ah� �Why should I ask questions�拭�What good would 

it do�拭�

     VOITSKI。 The price was ninety´five thousand roubles。 My father paid 

seventy and left a debt of twenty´five。 Now listen� �This place could never 

have   been   bought   had   I   not   renounced   my   inheritance   in   favour   of   my 

sister�察�whom I deeply lovedand what is more�察�I worked for ten years like 

an ox�察�and paid off the debt。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 I regret ever having started this conversation。 

     VOITSKI。   Thanks   entirely   to   my   own   personal   efforts�察  �the   place   is 

entirely   clear   of   debts�察  �and   now�察  �when   I   have   grown   old�察  �you   want   to 

throw me out�察�neck and crop� �



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     SEREBRAKOFF。 I can't imagine what you are driving at。 

    VOITSKI。 For twenty´five years I have managed this place�察�and have 

sent you the returns from it like the most honest of servants�察�and you have 

never given me one single word of thanks for my work�察�not oneneither in 

my   youth   nor   now。   You   allowed   me   a   meagre   salary   of   five   hundred 

roubles a year�察�a beggar's pittance�察�and have never even thought of adding 

a rouble to it。 

     SEREBRAKOFF。 What did I know about such things�察�Ivan�拭�I am not a 

practical man and don't understand them。 You might have helped yourself 

to all you wanted。 

    VOITSKI。 Yes�察�why did I not steal�拭�Don't you all despise me for not 

stealing�察�when it would have been only justice�拭�And I should not now have 

been a beggar� �

    MME。 VOITSKAYA。 ��Sternly�А�Jean� �

     TELEGIN。   ��Agitated�А  �Vanya�察  �old   man�察  �don't   talk   in   that   way。   Why 
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