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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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