Dora
But it is absurd Boria!

Silence.

Annenkov
Dora, do you think that man can alter destiny?

Dora
Of someone else, for sure; his own, I doubt it.

Annenkov
However, if you accept that possibility for the first, then you ought to necessarily do the same for the second.

Dora
I don’t see the reason! How could man act upon his own destiny?

Annenkov
modifying that of the other!

Dora
Explain yourself Boria.

Annenkov
Listen, if one man acts upon another man’s destiny, then the second can do the same as the first. Consequently the first man would have acted upon his own destiny indirectly…

Dora, pensive
Therefore our every action can modify us.

Annenkov
And especially the plan we have decided upon!

Dora
Yes, now, I understand. We’ll never be ourselves again afterwards …

Annenkov
Exactly, Dora. That is why each of us ought to be ready for this transformation.

Dora
I’m ready, Boria, but I’m afraid about Yanek. Time. He is so…

Annenkov
Don’t worry about him! Everything on him is big!

Dora
You’re right. But what do you think about the others? Voinov, Stepan, …

We hear the doorbell once. Annenkov makes a gesture in order for Dora, who seems to want to talk, to stop . The bell rings twice, consecutively.

Annenkov
That’s him.

He comes out. Dora is waiting, motionless always. Annenkov returns with Stepan who is holding him by the shoulders.