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For
instance
,
Sobakevitch
,
disdaining
lesser
trifles
,
tackled
the
large
sturgeon
,
and
,
during
the
time
that
his
fellow
guests
were
eating
minor
comestibles
,
and
drinking
and
talking
,
contrived
to
consume
more
than
a
quarter
of
the
whole
fish
;
so
that
,
on
the
host
remembering
the
creature
,
and
,
with
fork
in
hand
,
leading
the
way
in
its
direction
and
saying
,
"
What
,
gentlemen
,
think
you
of
this
striking
product
of
nature
?
"
there
ensued
the
discovery
that
of
the
said
product
of
nature
there
remained
little
beyond
the
tail
,
while
Sobakevitch
,
with
an
air
as
though
at
least
HE
had
not
eaten
it
,
was
engaged
in
plunging
his
fork
into
a
much
more
diminutive
piece
of
fish
which
happened
to
be
resting
on
an
adjacent
platter
.
After
his
divorce
from
the
sturgeon
,
Sobakevitch
ate
and
drank
no
more
,
but
sat
frowning
and
blinking
in
an
armchair
.
Apparently
the
host
was
not
a
man
who
believed
in
sparing
the
wine
,
for
the
toasts
drunk
were
innumerable
.
The
first
toast
(
as
the
reader
may
guess
)
was
quaffed
to
the
health
of
the
new
landowner
of
Kherson
;
the
second
to
the
prosperity
of
his
peasants
and
their
safe
transferment
;
and
the
third
to
the
beauty
of
his
future
wife
--
a
compliment
which
brought
to
our
hero
's
lips
a
flickering
smile
.
Lastly
,
he
received
from
the
company
a
pressing
,
as
well
as
an
unanimous
,
invitation
to
extend
his
stay
in
town
for
at
least
another
fortnight
,
and
,
in
the
meanwhile
,
to
allow
a
wife
to
be
found
for
him
.
"
Quite
so
,
"
agreed
the
President
.
"
Fight
us
tooth
and
nail
though
you
may
,
we
intend
to
have
you
married
.
You
have
happened
upon
us
by
chance
,
and
you
shall
have
no
reason
to
repent
of
it
.
We
are
in
earnest
on
this
subject
.
"
"
But
why
should
I
fight
you
tooth
and
nail
?
"
said
Chichikov
,
smiling
.
"
Marriage
would
not
come
amiss
to
me
,
were
I
but
provided
with
a
betrothed
.
"
"
Then
a
betrothed
you
shall
have
.
Why
not
?
We
will
do
as
you
wish
.
"
"
Very
well
,
"
assented
Chichikov
.
"
Bravo
,
bravo
!
"
the
company
shouted
.
"
Long
live
Paul
Ivanovitch
!
Hurrah
!
Hurrah
!
"
And
with
that
every
one
approached
to
clink
glasses
with
him
,
and
he
readily
accepted
the
compliment
,
and
accepted
it
many
times
in
succession
.
Indeed
,
as
the
hours
passed
on
,
the
hilarity
of
the
company
increased
yet
further
,
and
more
than
once
the
President
(
a
man
of
great
urbanity
when
thoroughly
in
his
cups
)
embraced
the
chief
guest
of
the
day
with
the
heartfelt
words
,
"
My
dearest
fellow
!
My
own
most
precious
of
friends
!
"
Nay
,
he
even
started
to
crack
his
fingers
,
to
dance
around
Chichikov
's
chair
,
and
to
sing
snatches
of
a
popular
song
.
To
the
champagne
succeeded
Hungarian
wine
,
which
had
the
effect
of
still
further
heartening
and
enlivening
the
company
.
By
this
time
every
one
had
forgotten
about
whist
,
and
given
himself
up
to
shouting
and
disputing
.
Every
conceivable
subject
was
discussed
,
including
politics
and
military
affairs
;
and
in
this
connection
guests
voiced
jejune
opinions
for
the
expression
of
which
they
would
,
at
any
other
time
,
have
soundly
spanked
their
offspring
.
Chichikov
,
like
the
rest
,
had
never
before
felt
so
gay
,
and
,
imagining
himself
really
and
truly
to
be
a
landowner
of
Kherson
,
spoke
of
various
improvements
in
agriculture
,
of
the
three-field
system
of
tillage
33
,
and
of
the
beatific
felicity
of
a
union
between
two
kindred
souls
.
Also
,
he
started
to
recite
poetry
to
Sobakevitch
,
who
blinked
as
he
listened
,
for
he
greatly
desired
to
go
to
sleep
.
At
length
the
guest
of
the
evening
realised
that
matters
had
gone
far
enough
,
so
begged
to
be
given
a
lift
home
,
and
was
accommodated
with
the
Public
Prosecutor
's
drozhki
.
Luckily
the
driver
of
the
vehicle
was
a
practised
man
at
his
work
,
for
,
while
driving
with
one
hand
,
he
succeeded
in
leaning
backwards
and
,
with
the
other
,
holding
Chichikov
securely
in
his
place
.
Arrived
at
the
inn
,
our
hero
continued
babbling
awhile
about
a
flaxen-haired
damsel
with
rosy
lips
and
a
dimple
in
her
right
cheek
,
about
villages
of
his
in
Kherson
,
and
about
the
amount
of
his
capital
.
Nay
,
he
even
issued
seignorial
instructions
that
Selifan
should
go
and
muster
the
peasants
about
to
be
transferred
,
and
make
a
complete
and
detailed
inventory
of
them
.
For
a
while
Selifan
listened
in
silence
;
then
he
left
the
room
,
and
instructed
Petrushka
to
help
the
barin
to
undress
.
As
it
happened
,
Chichikov
's
boots
had
no
sooner
been
removed
than
he
managed
to
perform
the
rest
of
his
toilet
without
assistance
,
to
roll
on
to
the
bed
(
which
creaked
terribly
as
he
did
so
)
,
and
to
sink
into
a
sleep
in
every
way
worthy
of
a
landowner
of
Kherson
.
Meanwhile
Petrushka
had
taken
his
master
's
coat
and
trousers
of
bilberry-coloured
check
into
the
corridor
;
where
,
spreading
them
over
a
clothes
'
horse
,
he
started
to
flick
and
to
brush
them
,
and
to
fill
the
whole
corridor
with
dust
.
Just
as
he
was
about
to
replace
them
in
his
master
's
room
he
happened
to
glance
over
the
railing
of
the
gallery
,
and
saw
Selifan
returning
from
the
stable
.
Glances
were
exchanged
,
and
in
an
instant
the
pair
had
arrived
at
an
instinctive
understanding
--
an
understanding
to
the
effect
that
the
barin
was
sound
asleep
,
and
that
therefore
one
might
consider
one
's
own
pleasure
a
little
.
Accordingly
Petrushka
proceeded
to
restore
the
coat
and
trousers
to
their
appointed
places
,
and
then
descended
the
stairs
;
whereafter
he
and
Selifan
left
the
house
together
.
Not
a
word
passed
between
them
as
to
the
object
of
their
expedition
.
On
the
contrary
,
they
talked
solely
of
extraneous
subjects
.
Yet
their
walk
did
not
take
them
far
;
it
took
them
only
to
the
other
side
of
the
street
,
and
thence
into
an
establishment
which
immediately
confronted
the
inn
.
Entering
a
mean
,
dirty
courtyard
covered
with
glass
,
they
passed
thence
into
a
cellar
where
a
number
of
customers
were
seated
around
small
wooden
tables
.
What
thereafter
was
done
by
Selifan
and
Petrushka
God
alone
knows
.
At
all
events
,
within
an
hour
's
time
they
issued
,
arm
in
arm
,
and
in
profound
silence
,
yet
remaining
markedly
assiduous
to
one
another
,
and
ever
ready
to
help
one
another
around
an
awkward
corner
