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and   aveng   ed   themselves   on   it   by   dazzling   it   with   the   inextinguishable 

honour and glory of their fame。 But here I see them weeping and playing 

cards and flying into passions like everybody else。 

     TREPLIEFF   comes   in   without   a   hat   on�察  �carrying   a   gun   and   a   dead 

seagull。 

     TREPLIEFF。 Are you alone here�拭�

    NINA。 Yes。 



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     TREPLIEFF lays the sea´gull at her feet。 

     NINA。 What do you mean by this�拭�

     TREPLIEFF。 I was base enough to´day to kill this gull。 I lay it at your 

feet。 

     NINA。 What is happening to you�拭。�She picks up the gull and stands 

looking at it。�А�

     TREPLIEFF。 ��After a pause�А�So shall I soon end my own life。 

     NINA。 You have changed so that I fail to recognise you。 

     TREPLIEFF。   Yes�察  �I   have   changed   since   the   time   when   I   ceased   to 

recognise you。 You have failed me�察�your look is cold�察�you do not like to 

have me near you。 

     NINA。 You have grown so irritable lately�察�and you talk so darkly and 

symbolically   that   you   must   forgive   me   if   I   fail   to   follow   you。   I   am   too 

simple to understand you。 

     TREPLIEFF。         All  this  began    when    my    play   failed   so  dismally。    A 

woman never can forgive failure。 I have burnt the manuscript to the last 

page。 Oh�察�if you could only fathom my unhappiness� �Your estrangement is 

to me terrible�察�incredible�察�it is as if I had suddenly waked to find this lake 

dried up and sunk into the earth。 You say you are too simple to understand 

me�察�but�察�oh�察�what is there to understand�拭�You disliked my play�察�you have 

no   faith   in   my   powers�察  �you   already   think   of   me   as   commonplace   and 

worthless�察  �as   many   are。   ��Stamping   his   foot�А  �How   well   I   can   understand 

your feelings� �And that understanding is to me like a dagger in the brain。 

May it be accursed�察�together with my stupidity�察�which sucks my life´blood 

like a snake� 。�He sees TRIGORIN�察�who approaches reading a book�А�There 

comes   real   genius�察 �striding   along   like  another  Hamlet�察  �and   with   a   book�察�

too。 ��Mockingly�А �Words�察�words�察�words。; You feel the warmth of that sun 

already�察�you smile�察�your eyes melt and glow liquid in its rays。 I shall not 

disturb you。 ��He goes out。�А�

     TRIGORIN。 ��Making notes in his book�А�Takes snuff and drinks vodka�察�

always wears black dresses�察�is loved by a schoolteacher 

     NINA。 How do you do�拭�

     TRIGORIN。         How     are  you�察  �Miss    Nina�拭   �Owing     to   an  unforeseen 

development   of   circumstances�察  �it   seems   that   we   are   leaving   here   today。 



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You and I shall probably never see each other again�察�and I am sorry for it。 I 

seldom meet a young and pretty girl now�察�I can hardly remember how it 

feels to   be   nineteen�察 �and the   young   girls in   my  books   are seldom  living 

characters。 I should like to change places with you�察�if but for an hour�察�to 

look   out   at   the   world   through   your   eyes�察  �and so   find out   what sort   of   a 

little person you are。 

     NINA。 And I should like to change places with you。 

     TRIGORIN。 Why�拭�

     NINA。 To   find   out   how  a   famous   genius   feels。 What   is   it   like to   be 

famous�拭�What sensations does it give you�拭�

     TRIGORIN。          What     sensations�拭     �I   don't    believe    it   gives    any。 

��Thoughtfully�А  �Either   you   exaggerate   my   fame�察 �or   else�察  �if it   exists�察 �all   I 

can say is that one simply doesn't feel fame in any way。 

     NINA。 But when you read about yourself in the papers�拭�

     TRIGORIN。 If the critics praise me�察�I am happy�察�if they condemn me�察�

I am out of sorts for the next two days。 

     NINA。 This is a wonderful world。 If you only knew how I envy you� �

Men are born to different destinies。 Some dully drag a weary�察�useless life 

behind them�察�lost in the crowd�察�unhappy�察�while to one out of a million�察�as 

to you�察�for instance�察�comes a bright destiny full of interest and meaning。 

You are lucky。 

     TRIGORIN。   I�察  �lucky�拭  。�He   shrugs   his   shoulders�А  �H´m   I   hear   you 

talking   about   fame�察  �and   happiness�察  �and   bright   destinies�察  �and   those   fine 

words of yours mean as much to meforgive my saying soas sweetmeats 

do�察�which I never eat。 You are very young�察�and very kind。 

     NINA。 Your life is beautiful。 

     TRIGORIN。 I see nothing especially lovely about it。 ��He looks at his 

watch�А�Excuse me�察�I must go at once�察�and begin writing again。 I am in a 

hurry。 ��He laughs�А�You have stepped on my pet corn�察�as they say�察�and I am 

getting excited�察�and a little cross。 Let us discuss this bright and beautiful 

life of mine�察�though。  ��After a few  moments' thought�А�Violent obsessions 

sometimes lay hold of a man�此�he may�察�for instance�察�think day and night of 

nothing but the moon。 I have such a moon。 Day and night I am held in the 

grip of one besetting thought�察�to write�察�write�察�write� �Hardly have I finished 



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one book than something urges me to write another�察�and then a third�察�and 

then a fourthI write ceaselessly。 I am�察�as it were�察�on a treadmill。 I hurry 

for   ever   from   one   story   to   another�察  �and   can't   help   myself。   Do   you   see 

anything   bright   and   beautiful   in   that�拭  �Oh�察  �it   is   a   wild   life�   �Even   now�察�

thrilled   as   I   am  by  talking   to   you�察  �I   do   not   forget   for   an   instant   that   an 

unfinished story is awaiting me。 My eye falls on that cloud there�察�which 

has the shape of a grand piano�察�I instantly make a mental note that I must 

remember to   mention   in my  story  a cloud   floating by that   looked   like  a 

grand   piano。   I   smell   heliotrope�察  �I   mutter   to   myself�此  �a   sickly   smell�察  �the 

colour     worn     by   widows�察     �I  must    remember       that  in   writing    my    next 

description   of   a   summer   evening。   I   catch   an   idea   in   every   sentence   of 

yours or of my own�察�and hasten to lock all these treasures in my literary 

store´room�察�thinking that some day they may be useful to me。 As soon as I 

stop working I rush off to the theatre or go fishing�察�in the hope that I may 

find oblivion there�察�but no� �Some new subject for a story is sure to come 

rolling through my brain like an iron cannonball。 I hear my desk calling�察�

and have to go back to it and begin to write�察�write�察�write�察�once more。 And 

so it goes for everlasting。 I cannot escape myself�察�though I feel that I am 

consuming my life。 To prepare the honey I feed to unknown crowds�察�I am 

doomed to brush   the bloom  from  my dearest   flowers�察�to   tear them  from 

their stems�察�and trample the roots that bore them under foot。 Am I not a 

madman�拭�Should I not be treated by those who know me as one mentally 

diseased�拭�Yet it is always the same�察�same old story�察�till I begin to think that 

all   this   praise   and   admiration      must    be   a  deception�察    �that   I  am   being 

hoodwinked because they know I am crazy�察�and I sometimes tremble lest I 

should be grabbed from behind and whisked off to a lunatic asylum。 The 

best   years   of   my   youth   were   made   one   continual   agony   for   me   by   my 

writing。 A young author�察�especially if at first he does not make a success�察�

feels clumsy�察�ill´at´ease�察�and superfluous in the world。 His nerves are all 

on edge and stretched to the point of breaking�察�he is irresistibly attracted to 

literary and artistic people�察�and hovers about them unknown and unnoticed�察�

fearing   to   look   them   bravely   in   the   eye�察  �like   a   man   with   a   passion   for 

gambling�察�whose money  is all gone。  I did   not know my  readers�察�but   for 

some      reason    I  imagined      they   were    distrustful    and   unfriendly�察     �I  was 



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mortally afraid of the public�察�and when my first play appeared�察�it seemed 

to me as if all the dark eyes in the audience were looking at it with enmity�察�

and all the blue ones with cold indifference。 Oh�察�how terrible it was� �What 

agony� �

     NINA。   But   don't   your   inspiration   and   the   act   of   creation   give   you 

moments of lofty happiness�拭�

     TRIGORIN。 Yes。   Writing   is   a   pleasure   to   me�察  �and   so   is   reading   the 

proofs�察�but no sooner does a book leave the press than it becomes odious 

to me�察�it is not what I meant it to be�察�I made a mistake to write it at all�察�I 

am provoked and discouraged。 Then the public reads it and says�此 �Yes�察�it is 

clever and pretty�察�but not nearly as good as Tolstoi�察─�or ;It is a lovely thing�察�

but not as good as Turgenieff's 'Fathers and Sons��' ; and so it will always 

be。 To my dying day I shall hear people say�此 �Clever and pretty�察�clever and 

pretty�察─�and nothing more�察�and when I am gone�察�those that knew me will 

say as they pass my grave�此 �Here lies Trigorin�察�a clever writer�察�but he was 

not as good as Turgenieff。; 

     NINA。 You must excuse me�察�but I decline to understand what you are 

talking about。 The fact is�察�you have been spoilt by your success。 

     TRIGORIN。 What success have I had�拭�I have never pleased myself�察�as 

a writer�察�I do not like myself at all。 The trouble is that I am made giddy �察�as 

it   were�察  �by   the   fumes   of   my   brain�察  �and   often   hardly   know   what   I   am 

writing。 I love this lake�察�these trees�察�the blue heaven�察�nature's voice speaks 

to me and wakes a feeling of passion in my heart��
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