I hired you to fulfil my orders. Without any improvisation. Is that right?
Olga. Yes.
Myshevsky. Then why are you breaking our agreement?
Olga. Me?!
Ogranovich. That's it, let her tell why she is violating!
Vykhuholev. And I also want to hear that. Or even better to look.
Myshevsky. You both! Go away!
Ogranovich. We would be glad to …
Myshevsky. What are you muttering there?
Vykhuholev. Elena Pavlovna is wondering where and why you have just sent us, Andrey Sigizmundovich!
Myshevsky. Stop messing around! Walk around the rooms and make an inventory description of all the possessions. It’s necessary to know what I'm buying from the professor.
Ogranovich. Should we make a description with the possessions cost evaluation?
Myshevsky. It doesn’t matter. It is important for me to find out if anything from the previous owner has survived. And if so, then it has no price. And for everything else, I won’t give a broken penny.
Vykhuholev. Should we look for something specific?
Myshevsky. I am interested in any thing which was made more than half a century ago. Is there anything else unclear for you?
Vykhuholev. Everything is quite clear.
Myshevsky. Then, go out of my sight! And don't come back without a full description.
Vykhuholev. Can we start from this room?
Myshevsky. This is the room you will end up with.
Ogranovich. Oh, I wish I were ten years younger …
Vykhuholev. Why, Elena Pavlovna?
Ogranovich. Then, psychiatrist, they wouldn't get me out of the room like a mangy dog. And that is just because someone has a fresher face and a tastier buttocks…
Ogranovich and Vykhukholev leave.
Myshevsky. Clowns! However, sometimes they are useful. That's why I tolerate them and put up with their fricking. But you girl! I'm starting to feel like you're useless to me.
Olga. But I have fulfilled all your desires!
Myshevsky. You really think so?
Olga. But why? To begin with, it was me, who persuaded professor to conduct this seance.
Myshevsky. How arrogant of you! But I’ve already heard it today, but from another person. Who of you should I believe?
Olga. He's lying! It was me who has been visiting the professor every day. I’ve been giving him injections, measuring his blood pressure, giving pills. And the main thing is that I’ve been listening to him, admiring him, shamelessly seducing him. Although, I was sick and tired of his flabby ass and abstruse phrases. And when the professor could no longer do without me, I said that I was bored with him. And only then he agreed to hold this session. Just to see me again.
Myshevsky. Well, let's assume that it was like that…
Olga. Exactly like that! And it was me, who installed a remote-controlled voice recorder in the bathroom. And I turned it on, when the session began. Mysterious noises gave some credibility to the whole performance. Even the professor himself believed in the reality of what was happening. You are a genius, Andrey Sigizmundovich! You’ve calculated everything so accurately. You haven’t missed a single detail!
Myshevsky. There are no trifle things in important matters, girl. By the way, where is my voice recorder? Is it still where you hid it?
Olga. After the session, I took it away, so that the professor or his son would not accidentally find it.
Myshevsky. That's what I praise you for! For your foresight.
Olga. And it was also me, who gave the answer of Hermes Trismegistus to the professor during the session. Word by word. All as you told me!
Myshevsky. And that's right.
Olga. Then why do you accuse me of violating the agreement then?
Myshevsky. Haven’t you forgotten anything, girl? When I found you and offered to work for me, I immediately warned you that the matter was really serious. However, I offered a lot in return. The Iguazu Falls.
Olga. Yes, you promised that. Will you keep your word?
Myshevsky. Of course. When the job is done.
Olga. But I thought…
Myshevsky. I am to think here. The others just do. Precisely and with no questions. Everyone but you.
Olga. What have I done wrong?
Myshevsky. You’ve done a little bit more than what I ordered. And this "little bit" can destroy my whole plan.
Olga. I don’t understand what you are talking about!
Myshevsky. I ordered you to seduce the professor. But not to play love with his son. It was too much.
Olga. But I thought it would be better!
Myshevsky. You see, just one tender word that this boy would say in front of everyone … Just one loving glance that he would not be able to hide … And my whole brilliant plan would go to hell! The father, in accordance with the law of nature, would yield you to him. And would disinherit him. He would keep the apartment as compensation for his rejected love. And what will you tell me then? That you “thought” it would be better? I'll grind you to dust then!
Olga. Andre Sigizmundovich, I beg you!
Myshevsky. Be silent! No, I will treat you differently. You will never see the Iguazu Falls. Believe me, in this country one can buy everything. Even your future, girl!
Olga. Forgive me, please!
Myshevsky. Forgive? You?! Are you asking me to be generous by paying for it with my own dream? You know, that I also have a dream. Is it strange for you to hear that?
Olga. No, not at all!
Myshevsky. My dream is no less romantic than yours. Although it may seem very prosaic to you. You need the Iguazu Falls. But I need this very apartment. Do you want to know why?
Olga. If you want it.
Myshevsky. Yes, I want to tell you this. Isn’t a strange desire? Well, anyway… When my father was lying on his deathbed, I swore to him. “Dad, – I said, – your grandchildren will live in their great-grandfather's house”. And after that my father died happily.
Olga. Well, grandchildren, great-grandfather … I'm totally confused!
Myshevsky. Everything is very simple. Once this very apartment used to belong to my grandfather. He died during a period of personality cult at the Stalin’s prison. And do you know, how he got there?
Olga. No, I don’t.
Myshevsky. Oh, this is a very interesting story! My grandfather was a private doctor. He received
