Masha and Vershinin, both trapped in unhappy marriages, share a moment of vulnerability and mutual longing. They discuss the weight of their current lives and the hope for a more beautiful future.
VERSHININ: I love you. I love your eyes, your movements. I dream about them. A splendid, marvellous woman!
MASHA: When you talk to me like that, I laugh, though I am frightened. Don't do it again, please... But you may say it.
VERSHININ: If I had not met you I do not know what would have become of m
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