The Sea-Gull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
page 13 of 85 (15%)
page 13 of 85 (15%)
![]() | ![]() |
|
PAULINA. You men are all ready to go down on your knees to an actress, all of you. DORN. [Sings] "Once more I stand before thee." It is only right that artists should be made much of by society and treated differently from, let us say, merchants. It is a kind of idealism. PAULINA. When women have loved you and thrown themselves at your head, has that been idealism? DORN. [Shrugging his shoulders] I can't say. There has been a great deal that was admirable in my relations with women. In me they liked, above all, the superior doctor. Ten years ago, you remember, I was the only decent doctor they had in this part of the country--and then, I have always acted like a man of honour. PAULINA. [Seizes his hand] Dearest! DORN. Be quiet! Here they come. ARKADINA comes in on SORIN'S arm; also TRIGORIN, SHAMRAEFF, MEDVIEDENKO, and MASHA. SHAMRAEFF. She acted most beautifully at the Poltava Fair in 1873; she was really magnificent. But tell me, too, where Tchadin the comedian is |
|