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from the Eiffel Tower that was about to crush him by its vulgarity。
SORIN。 But we can't do without a theatre。
TREPLIEFF。 No�察�but we must have it under a new form。 If we can't do
that�察 �let us rather not have it at all。 ��Looking at his watch�А �I love my
mother�察�I love her devotedly�察�but I think she leads a stupid life。 She always
has this man of letters of hers on her mind�察�and the newspapers are always
frightening her to death�察 �and I am tired of it。 Plain�察 �human egoism
sometimes speaks in my heart�察 �and I regret that my mother is a famous
actress。 If she were an ordinary woman I think I should be a happier man。
What could be more intolerable and foolish than my position�察�Uncle�察�when
I find myself the only nonentity among a crowd of her guests�察 �all
celebrated authors and artists�拭�I feel that they only endure me because I
am her son。 Personally I am nothing�察�nobody。 I pulled through my third
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year at college by the skin of my teeth�察�as they say。 I have neither money
nor brains�察�and on my passport you may read that I am simply a citizen of
Kiev。 So was my father�察 �but he was a well´known actor。 When the
celebrities that frequent my mother's drawing´room deign to notice me at
all�察�I know they only look at me to measure my insignificance�察�I read their
thoughts�察�and suffer from humiliation。
SORIN。 Tell me�察�by the way�察�what is Trigorin like�拭�I can't understand
him�察�he is always so silent。
TREPLIEFF。 Trigorin is clever�察�simple�察�well´mannered�察�and a little�察�I
might say�察 �melancholic in disposition。 Though still under forty�察 �he is
surfeited with praise。 As for his stories�察 �they arehow shall I put it�拭�
pleasing�察�full of talent�察�but if you have read Tolstoi or Zola you somehow
don't enjoy Trigorin。
SORIN。 Do you know�察�my boy�察�I like literary men。 I once passionately
desired two things�此�to marry�察�and to become an author。 I have succeeded in
neither。 It must be pleasant to be even an insignificant author。
TREPLIEFF。 ��Listening�А �I hear footsteps� 。�He embraces his uncle�А �I
cannot live without her�察�even the sound of her footsteps is music to me。 I
am madly happy。 ��He goes quickly to meet NINA�察�who comes in at that
moment�А�My enchantress� �My girl of dreams� �
NINA。 ��Excitedly�А�It can't be that I am late�拭�No�察�I am not late。
TREPLIEFF。 ��Kissing her hands�А�No�察�no�察�no� �
NINA。 I have been in a fever all day�察�I was so afraid my father would
prevent my coming�察�but he and my stepmother have just gone driving。 The
sky is clear�察�the moon is rising。 How I hurried to get here� �How I urged my
horse to go faster and faster� 。�Laughing�А�I am _so_ glad to see you� 。�She
shakes hands with SORIN。�А�
SORIN。 Oho� �Your eyes look as if you had been crying。 You mustn't
do that。
NINA。 It is nothing�察�nothing。 Do let us hurry。 I must go in half an hour。
No�察�no�察�for heaven's sake do not urge me to stay。 My father doesn't know I
am here。
TREPLIEFF。 As a matter of fact�察�it is time to begin now。 I must call
the audience。
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SORIN。 Let me call themand allI am going this minute。 ��He goes
toward the right�察�begins to sing ;The Two Grenadiers�察─�then stops。�А�I was
singing that once when a fellow´lawyer said to me�此 �You have a powerful
voice�察�sir。; Then he thought a moment and added�察 �But it is a disagreeable
one� ─。�He goes out laughing。�А�
NINA。 My father and his wife never will let me come here�察�they call
this place Bohemia and are afraid I shall become an actress。 But this lake
attracts me as it does the gulls。 My heart is full of you。 ��She glances about
her。�А�
TREPLIEFF。 We are alone。
NINA。 Isn't that some one over there�拭�
TREPLIEFF。 No。 ��They kiss one another。�А�
NINA。 What is that tree�拭�
TREPLIEFF。 An elm。
NINA。 Why does it look so dark�拭�
TREPLIEFF。 It is evening�察�everything looks dark now。 Don't go away
early�察�I implore you。
NINA。 I must。
TREPLIEFF。 What if I were to follow you�察�Nina�拭�I shall stand in your
garden all night with my eyes on your window。
NINA。 That would be impossible�察�the watchman would see you�察�and
Treasure is not used to you yet�察�and would bark。
TREPLIEFF。 I love you。
NINA。 Hush� �
TREPLIEFF。 ��Listening to approaching footsteps�А �Who is that�拭 �Is it
you�察�Jacob�拭�
JACOB。 ��On the stage�А�Yes�察�sir。
TREPLIEFF。 To your places then。 The moon is rising�察�the play must
commence。
NINA。 Yes�察�sir。
TREPLIEFF。 Is the alcohol ready�拭�Is the sulphur ready�拭�There must be
fumes of sulphur in the air when the red eyes shine out。 ��To NINA�А�Go�察�
now�察�everything is ready。 Are you nervous�拭�
NINA。 Yes�察�very。 I am not so much afraid of your mother as I am of
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Trigorin。 I am terrified and ashamed to act before him�察�he is so famous。 Is
he young�拭�
TREPLIEFF。 Yes。
NINA。 What beautiful stories he writes� �
TREPLIEFF。 ��Coldly�А�I have never read any of them�察�so I can't say。
NINA。 Your play is very hard to act�察�there are no living characters in
it。
TREPLIEFF。 Living characters� �Life must be represented not as it is�察�
but as it ought to be�察�as it appears in dreams。
NINA。 There is so little action�察�it seems more like a recitation。 I think
love should always come into every play。
NINA and TREPLIEFF go up onto the little stage�察 �PAULINA and
DORN come in。
PAULINA。 It is getting damp。 Go back and put on your goloshes。
DORN。 I am quite warm。
PAULINA。 You never will take care of yourself�察 �you are quite
obstinate about it�察�and yet you are a doctor�察�and know quite well that damp
air is bad for you。 You like to see me suffer�察�that's what it is。 You sat out on
the terrace all yesterday evening on purpose。
DORN。 ��Sings�А�
;Oh�察�tell me not that youth is wasted。;
PAULINA。 You were so enchanted by the conversation of Madame
Arkadina that you did not even notice the cold。 Confess that you admire
her。
DORN。 I am fifty´five years old。
PAULINA。 A trifle。 That is not old for a man。 You have kept your
looks magnificently�察�and women still like you。
DORN。 What are you trying to tell me�拭�
PAULINA。 You men are all ready to go down on your knees to an
actress�察�all of you。
DORN。 ��Sings�А�
;Once more I stand before thee。;
It is only right that artists should be made much of by society and
treated differently from�察�let us say�察�merchants。 It is a kind of idealism。
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PAULINA。 When women have loved you and thrown themselves at
your head�察�has that been idealism�拭�
DORN。 ��Shrugging his shoulders�А�I can't say。 There has been a great
deal that was admirable in my relations with women。 In me they liked�察�
above all�察 �the superior doctor。 Ten years ago�察 �you remember�察 �I was the
only decent doctor they had in this part of the countryand then�察�I have
always acted like a man of honour。
PAULINA。 ��Seizes his hand�А�Dearest� �
DORN。 Be quiet� �Here they come。
ARKADINA comes in on SORIN'S arm�察 �also TRIGORIN�察�
SHAMRAEFF�察�MEDVIEDENKO�察�and MASHA。
SHAMRAEFF。 She acted most beautifully at the Poltava Fair in 1873�察�
she was really magnificent。 But tell me�察�too�察�where Tchadin the comedian
is now�拭�He was inimitable as Rasplueff�察�better than Sadofski。 Where is he
now�拭�
ARKADINA。 Don't ask me where all those antediluvians are� �I know
nothing about them。 ��She sits down。�А�
SHAMRAEFF。 ��Sighing�А�Pashka Tchadin� �There are none left like him。
The stage is not what it was in his time。 There were sturdy oaks growing
on it then�察�where now but stumps remain。
DORN。 It is true that we have few dazzling geniuses these days�察�but�察�
on the other hand�察�the average of acting is much higher。
SHAMRAEFF。 I cannot agree with you�察�however�察�that is a matter of
taste�察�_de gustibus。_
Enter TREPLIEFF from behind the stage。
ARKADINA。 When will the play begin�察�my dear boy�拭�
TREPLIEFF。 In a moment。 I must ask you to have patience。
ARKADINA。 ��Quoting from Hamlet�А�My son�察�
;Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul�察 �And there I see such
black grained spots As will not leave their tinct。;
��A horn is blown behind the stage。�А�
TREPLIEFF。 Attention�察 �ladies and gentlemen� �The play is about to
begin。 ��A pause�А�I shall commence。 ��He taps the door with a stick�察�and
speaks in a loud voice�А�O�察 �ye time´honoured�察�ancient mists that drive at
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night across the surface of this lake�察 �blind you our eyes with sleep�察 �and
show us in our dreams that which will be in twice ten thousand years� �
SORIN。 There won't be anything in twice ten thousand years。
TREPLIEFF。 Then let them now show us that nothingness。
ARKADINA。 Yes�察�let themwe are asleep。
The curtain rises。 A vist
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