SCENE II
LEONÍD and then POTÁPYCH
LEONÍD. Wait a bit! Hey, you, where are you going? Why are they always running away from me? You can't catch them anyhow! [He stands musing. Silence.
A GIRL sings behind the rail fence:
"No man may hope to flee the sting
Of cruel affliction's pain;
New love within the heart may sing—
Regret still in its train."
LEONÍD. [Running up to the fence] What a pretty girl you are!
GIRL. Pretty, but not yours!
LEONÍD. Come here!
GIRL. Where?
LEONÍD. To me in the garden.