The Last Express (1997 Video Game)

Mikhail Douniyev: Alexei Dolnikov

Quotes 

• [Cath walks up to Alexei's table] 

  Robert Cath : Mind if I join you?

  Alexei Dolnikov : [reluctantly]  Why not?

  [Cath sits down. Alexei silently sips his soup] 

  Robert Cath : I didn't mean to scare you off.

  Alexei Dolnikov : For me, a bowl of soup is enough. I can take no pleasure in food, while millions of my countrymen go without bread. Good day.

  [Alexei gets up and stalks off, leaving a confused Cath] 

• Alexei Dolnikov : [During a chess match, entire conversation is almost in Russian]  Still as bold as ever, I see. A girl who plays chess like a man.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : Your move.

  Alexei Dolnikov : Remarkable. A trick worthy of your grandfather.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : Why do you keep bringing up my grandfather? It's me you're playing with, not him.

  Alexei Dolnikov : Yes, he taught you well.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : [In English]  I've had other teachers since then, Alexei Sergeivitch. I'm not little girl anymore.

  Alexei Dolnikov : [In English]  No, you're not.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : [Russian resumes]  Are you sure?

  Alexei Dolnikov : Yes.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : Are you absolutely sure?

  Alexei Dolnikov : Absolutely.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : If that's the way you want it... OH!

  Alexei Dolnikov : That makes us even.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : You ought to be ashamed of yourself, winning with a dirty trick like that.

  Alexei Dolnikov : A typical female reaction.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : Another game!

  Alexei Dolnikov : [later]  It's your move, miss.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : Check and mate... Aren't you ashamed? Letting a woman beat you so easily?

  Alexei Dolnikov : I could have won easily if I hadn't moved my knight.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : [later]  Why ever did you leave the University? You can't imagine the fuss they made at home.

  Alexei Dolnikov : [In English after "talk"]  At the University all they do is talk. Talk changes nothing. Words are lost in the air like the sound of church bells. A single deed is better propaganda than a thousand pamphlets.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : Those are very nice words. Your move.

• Tatiana Obolenskaya : [conversation is in Russian]  According to you, everything is bad. All you want to do is tear things down.

  Alexei Dolnikov : When men like your grandfather have the power of life and death over millions of Russians, someone needs to bring them down.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : But it's incredible. You're obsessed with my grandfather! What has he done to you to make you hate him so?

  Alexei Dolnikov : It's what he has done to Russia. To all of us. Do you remember what happened last winter in Litvov?

  Alexei Dolnikov : [later]  This talk of political parties is a puppet show by the ruling classes. All government is slavery. One kind is as bad as another.

  Tatiana Obolenskaya : It's your move. Once you've torn everything down, I don't suppose you've thought of what you'll put in its place.

  Alexei Dolnikov : There is no need to put anything in the place of tyranny. Once Property is abolished, all men will be free and equal. A new and peaceful society will establish itself naturally. It's still your move.

• George Abbot : [to Alexei in the smoking parlor]  Good afternoon. Mind if I join you? So dreadfully dull, those long journeys. George Abbot. Nobel Industries, London. I couldn't help noticing your accent as you were talking to the conductor. The Ukraine perhaps? Your English is impeccable, if I may say so. You must have spent quite some time in England. I live just outside London myself, when I'm home. The city is just too active for me. Dangerous too. I don't suppose you were there last week when that bomb went off? Awful business really. Very messy. Bits of bodies strewn about and so on. Did you say you were going on to Odessa? The reason I ask is we happen to be looking for a representative in that part of the world. Preferably a bright young fellow with fluent English and Russian, such as yourself. Of course I realize with your family background you have probably never considered a career in business and of course there's no question you'd be doing it for money. But after all, you are a member of the new generation. It'd be a shame to bury yourself in the countryside, fiddling with agriculture and so on. Why, with your abilities you could literally help build a modern Russia. Surely you'll agree that Russia must make a connection with modern Europe in order to flourish and develop...

  Alexei Dolnikov : [His response to each question is silence]  Excuse me.

  George Abbot : Must you go already? Oh well, do think about it.