LUBOV. We needn’t get into our carriages for ten minutes.... [Looks round the room] Good-bye, dear house, old grandfather. The winter will go, the spring will come, and then you’ll exist no more, you’ll be pulled down. How much these walls have seen! [Passionately kisses her daughter] My treasure, you’re radiant, your eyes flash like two jewels! Are you happy? Very? ANYA. Very! A new life is beginning, mother! GAEV. [Gaily] Yes, really, everything’s all right now. Before the cherry orchard was sold we all were excited and we suffered, and then, when the question was solved once and for all, we all calmed down, and even became cheerful. I’m a bank official now, and a financier... red in the middle; and you, Luba, for some reason or other, look better, there’s no doubt about it. LUBOV Yes. My nerves are better, it’s true. [She puts on her coat and hat] I sleep well. Take my luggage out, Yasha. It’s time. [To ANYA] My little girl, we’ll soon see each other again.... I’m off to Paris. I’ll live there on the money your grandmother from Yaroslav sent along to buy the estate--bless her!--though it won’t last long. ANYA. You’ll come back soon, soon, mother, won’t you? I’ll get ready, and pass the exam at the Higher School, and then I’ll work and help you. We’ll read all sorts of books to one another, won’t we? [Kisses her mother’s hands] We’ll read in the autumn evenings; we’ll read many books, and a beautiful new world will open up before us.... [Thoughtfully] You’ll come, mother.... LUBOV. I’ll come, my darling. [Embraces her.] [Enter LOPAKHIN. CHARLOTTA is singing to herself.] GAEV. Charlotta is happy; she sings! CHARLOTTA. [Takes a bundle, looking like a wrapped-up baby] My little baby, bye-bye. [The baby seems to answer, “Oua! Oua!”] Hush, my nice little boy. [“Oua! Oua!”] I’m so sorry for you! [Throws the bundle back] So please find me a new place. I can’t go on like this. LOPAKHIN. We’ll find one, Charlotta Ivanovna, don’t you be afraid. GAEV. Everybody’s leaving us. Varya’s going away... we’ve suddenly become unnecessary. CHARLOTTA. I’ve nowhere to live in town. I must go away. [Hums] Never mind. [Enter PISCHIN.] LOPAKHIN. Nature’s marvel! PISCHIN. [Puffing] Oh, let me get my breath back.... I’m fagged out... My most honoured, give me some water.... GAEV. Come for money, what? I’m your humble servant, and I’m going out of the way of temptation. [Exit.] PISCHIN. I haven’t been here for ever so long... dear madam. [To LOPAKHIN] You here? Glad to see you... man of immense brain... take this... take it.... [Gives LOPAKHIN money] Four hundred roubles.... That leaves 840.... LOPAKHIN. [Shrugs his shoulders in surprise] As if I were dreaming. Where did you get this from?