Alla. So, what do you have against TV?
Sumyatov. It is flooded with show-business stars and politicians of various types. I am not even mentioning newspapers!
Alla. Are you afraid to find an inferiority complex in yourself?
Sumyatov. I feel offended for my country. It looks like we really can not live without either God, tsar, or hero. And it would be better to have three of them at once.
Alla. What are you talking about? A Tsar was overthrown a long time ago, the God is terribly far from people, only a hero has remained. Please, don’t deprive us of our last consolation!
Sumyatov. I can’t understand, what are you driving at?
Mikhalych enters.
Mikhalych. All bon appetit!
Levan. \speaking with a Georgian accent\ Come in dear! We’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Do you believe me or not?
Mikhalych. I am like a clock – precise and inevitable.
Levan. What’s new in the world, eh?
Mikhalych. Every minute something is happening in the world. How can I know about all?
Levan. But you know something anyway…
Mikhalych. The less we know, the more quiet we sleep. I advise you to learn this simple truth.
Levan. Thanks for advice, dear. Have you brought some mail or not?
Mikhalych. Here you go, if you really can’t live without it. But please, don’t blame me in case the news is bad.
Levan. I won’t, don’t worry.
Mikhalych. Hey guys, you see, I’ve warned him!
Sumyatov. Sure. You can refer to us as witnesses just in case.
Mikhalych. Absolutely! Can I learn your names?
Sumyatov. Cyrill Sumyatov.
Alla. Alla Bokova.
Mikhalych. You can call me Мikhalych. You have done me a favor I won’t forget it. (Leaves).
Levan. What a man he is, I can’t understand…
Sumyatov. An odd fellow, I would say.
Alla. Or maybe another madman?
Sumyatov. It looks like. I am afraid I could go crazy here myself. The ambience and the landscape are quite suitable.
Alla. Do not worry, it’s not going to happen with you.
Sumyatov. Then what is going to happen?
Alla. It’s a secret. However, if you kindly ask me maybe I am going to open it.
Sumyatov. Please do me a favor. You have really intrigued me!
Alla. Okay, listen. And don’t say that you haven’t heard. For example, you, men, desperately need beauty contests…
Sumyatov. What for?
Alla. Come on, you are not a kid… Take a guess. Well, don’t interrupt me!