VICTOR. Only, please don't change!
Curtain.
Scene 2
A plainly furnished room; bed, table, sofa. Fédya alone.
A knock at the door. A woman's voice outside. Why have you locked yourself in, Theodore Vasílyevich? Fédya! Open …!
FÉDYA [gets up and unlocks door] That's right! Thank you for coming. It's dull, terribly dull!
MÁSHA. Why didn't you come to us? Been drinking again? Eh, eh! And after you'd promised!
FÉDYA. D'you know, I've no money!
MÁSHA. And why have I taken it into my head to care for you!
FÉDYA. Másha!