I�ll leave you to settle in, I�m sure you�ll be very comfortable here.
ANATOLY
She�s staying here, with me!
MOLOKOV
Of course, where else would she stay?
ANATOLY
You know I need my space when I�m preparing for a game.
MOLOKOV
It seems the hotel is full, there was no option!
[Molokov leaves.]
SVETLANA
Anatoly, I�ve missed you so much. (She hugs him again.)
ANATOLY
What have they been telling you about me?
SVETLANA
They said you were going to defect, because of some English woman.
ANATOLY
Maybe I should have! I can't stand all this interference from Molokov. He's trying to completely control my life. I can't take much more.
[Svetlana tries to kiss him, he pulls away.]
SVETLANA
You know what he�s like, he�s only doing what he has to � he�s doing it for us.
ANATOLY
Are you really naive enough to believe that? Everything he does is for him, he doesn�t care about anyone but himself.
SVETLANA
But you know how powerful he is, he can make life very difficult for you, for us.
ANATOLY
I know, that�s what frightens me � he�s dangerous.
SVETLANA
But everything will be fine if we do what he tells us.
ANATOLY
I don�t want to do what he tells me anymore � I can�t.
SVETLANA
And what am I to do?
ANATOLY
I don�t know, I really don�t know.
[She touches his arm to comfort him]
ANATOLY
I�m sorry, I have to go.
[He leaves.]
HE KNEW BETTER
(I would like a new song for Svetlana here, but I�ve added a new verse to �He Knew Better� to
act as a new song in the meantime.)
SVETLANA
He knew better than me
Where his ambitions would take us... ...