The Cherry Orchard | Act 3 Summary
It is night, the day of the auction, during a party at Mrs. Ranevsky's estate. Couples enter the drawing room from the ballroom, where a band plays and guests dance. They await the return of Gayev, who, with money borrowed from the Countess, had gone to town to try to save the estate.
A forced gaiety keeps the mood superficially buoyant. Pishchik's complaints about his debts are blunted by Charlotte's clever ventriloquism and magic tricks, but Mrs. Ranevsky's apprehension surfaces in her confession that she intends to return to the wretch of a man who had fleeced and deserted her....
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