MASHA. [Turning up the lamp] The waves on the lake are enormous.
MEDVIEDENKO. It is very dark in the garden. Do you know, I think that old theatre ought to be knocked down. It is still standing there, naked and hideous as a skeleton, with the curtain flapping in the wind. I thought I heard a voibsp;weeping in it as I pasd there last night.
MASHA. What an idea! [A pau.]
MEDVIEDENKO. e home with me, Masha.
MASHA. [Shaking her head] I shall spend the night here.
MEDVIEDENKO. [Implly] Do e, Masha. The baby must be hungry.
MASHA. Nonn, Matriona will feed it. [A pau.]
MEDVIEDENKO. It is a pity to leave him three nights without his mother.
MASHA. You are getting too tiresome. You ud sometimes to talk of other things besides home and the baby, home and the baby. That is all I ever hear from you now.
MEDVIEDENKO. e home, Masha.
MASHA. You bsp;go home if you want to.
MEDVIEDENKO. Your father won''t give me a hor.
MASHA. Yes, he will; ask him.
MEDVIEDENKO. I think I shall. Are you ing home to-morrow?
MASHA. [Turning up the lamp] The waves on the lake are enormous.
MEDVIEDENKO. It is very dark in the garden. Do you know, I think that old theatre ought to be knocked down. It is still standing there, naked and hideous as a skeleton, with the curtain flapping in the wind. I thought I heard a voibsp;weeping in it as I pasd there last night.
MASHA. What an idea! [A pau.]
MEDVIEDENKO. e home with me, Masha.
MASHA. [Shaking her head] I shall spend the night here.
MEDVIEDENKO. [Implly] Do e, Masha. The baby must be hungry.
MASHA. Nonn, Matriona will feed it. [A pau.]
MEDVIEDENKO. It is a pity to leave him three nights without his mother.
MASHA. You are getting too tiresome. You ud sometimes to talk of other things besides home and the baby, home and the baby. That is all I ever hear from you now.
MEDVIEDENKO. e home, Masha.
MASHA. You bsp;go home if you want to.
MEDVIEDENKO. Your father won''t give me a hor.
MASHA. Yes, he will; ask him.
MEDVIEDENKO. I think I shall. Are you ing home to-morrow?
MASHA. Yes, yes, to-morrow.
She takes snuff. TREPLIEFF and PAULINA e in. TREPLIEFF is carrying some pillows and a bla, and PAULINA is carrying sheets and pillow cas. They lay them on the divan, and TREPLIEFF goes and sits down at his desk.