[G-IV-5]

[Deemer]

(Nina enters the garden. She speaks to the audience.)

NINA: I don't know whether I should be here or not. I know how much I hurt Kostya. I can't blame him if he doesn't want to see me. And yet I feel like we've become kindred souls -- in our suffering. I think I understand his play for the first time. Maybe he will be pleased to learn that. Maybe it will help, if just in the smallest way. I can't stand the thought of him hating me. We suffer so much in common.

(She moves into the study.)

[follow her]