Olga. It has come true – we are together now!
Vykhuholev. Oh, if so, Olga Alekseevna, you are a deeply unhappy person.
Olga. And why is that?
Vykhuholev. A person is happy only as long as he is striving for his dream. Having reached the goal, he gets disappointed. He realizes that the goal isn’t worthwhile. I am a good example of it.
Myshevsky. It is interesting! What do psychiatrists dream of, wandering in the darkness of other people's souls?
Vykhuholev. I dream of winning a game of chess versus myself.
Myshevsky. But this’s impossible!
Vykhuholev. Therefore, I will never be disappointed. Unlike you, Andrey Sigizmundovich.
Myshevsky. Why is that?
Vykhuholev. Let’s assume that Hermes Trismegistus has revealed his secret to you. And the philosopher's stone is now in your pocket. How are you going to live on? To make more and more gold? But you’ve never been a poor person, even before that.,. And it’s so boring to wither over gold like a miser! No, you were really happy before, but just didn’t realized it.
Myshevsky. You are at your wits end, Sergey Pavlovich! You need to change your job. The sooner, the better.
Vykhuholev. Oh, now you got offended. Everyone gets offended when you tell them the truth. That’s why I prefer to keep silent.
Olga. So, if one day I see the Iguazu Falls, I…
Vykhuholev. You would get disappointed. The real waterfalls would be quite different, much less delightful as the ones in your dreams.
Myshevsky. Shut up, you, a gloomy person, the destroyer of illusions! Don't ruin our holiday, please! Elena Pavlovna, hurry up, please!
Ogranovich. I’ve got everything ready. We have just to sign it.
Myshevsky. Stalver Udarpyatovich, you are the first, please!
Olga. Stalver, go ahead!
Golyshkin. Olya! Won't you leave me?
Olga. Before the Iguazu Falls? Never!
Golyshkin. Then I discard the last doubts and put my signature here.
Golyshkin comes up to the table and signs the documents.
Ogranovich. Right here, Mr. Golyshkin. And here … Mr. Myshevsky, now it’s your turn!
Myshevsky. Sure!
Ogranovich. Now you have just to pay off.
Myshevsky. Stalver Udarpyatovich, will you take the check? In a couple of hours, when the bank opens, you can exchange it for cash. Do you trust me?
Golyshkin. Of course, Mr. Myshevsky. But can I ask you for a favor? Can't you sign out two checks? I have to give half of the total sum to my son and heir, Rodion. So the law says, if not human one, then divine.
