Lopakhin sits
down and tries to read a book, but doesn't "understand a word of it!"
Those arriving
include Charlotte and her little dog that eats nuts.
Before the
family arrives on the scene, street people living on the estate appear.
Madame Ranevsky
dances with perpetual student Trophimov as they wait to hear who bought the
cherry orchard.
Ephikhodof
tries once again to impress Dunyasha the maid.
Angered by the
news, Varya surrenders the housekeys to Lopakhin, the new owner of the cherry
orchard.
Lopakhin
tries to propose to Varya who awaits the proposal.
Gayev and
Ranevsky prepare to leave their ancestral home for the last time.