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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
everything� �
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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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