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Still
linked
together
--
never
once
releasing
their
mutual
hold
--
they
spent
the
next
quarter
of
an
hour
in
attempting
to
negotiate
the
stairs
of
the
inn
;
but
at
length
even
that
ascent
had
been
mastered
,
and
they
proceeded
further
on
their
way
.
Halting
before
his
mean
little
pallet
,
Petrushka
stood
awhile
in
thought
.
His
difficulty
was
how
best
to
assume
a
recumbent
position
.
Eventually
he
lay
down
on
his
face
,
with
his
legs
trailing
over
the
floor
;
after
which
Selifan
also
stretched
himself
upon
the
pallet
,
with
his
head
resting
upon
Petrushka
's
stomach
,
and
his
mind
wholly
oblivious
of
the
fact
that
he
ought
not
to
have
been
sleeping
there
at
all
,
but
in
the
servant
's
quarters
,
or
in
the
stable
beside
his
horses
.
Scarcely
a
moment
had
passed
before
the
pair
were
plunged
in
slumber
and
emitting
the
most
raucous
snores
;
to
which
their
master
(
next
door
)
responded
with
snores
of
a
whistling
and
nasal
order
.
Indeed
,
before
long
every
one
in
the
inn
had
followed
their
soothing
example
,
and
the
hostelry
lay
plunged
in
complete
restfulness
.
Only
in
the
window
of
the
room
of
the
newly-arrived
lieutenant
from
Riazan
did
a
light
remain
burning
.
Evidently
he
was
a
devotee
of
boots
,
for
he
had
purchased
four
pairs
,
and
was
now
trying
on
a
fifth
.
Several
times
he
approached
the
bed
with
a
view
to
taking
off
the
boots
and
retiring
to
rest
;
but
each
time
he
failed
,
for
the
reason
that
the
boots
were
so
alluring
in
their
make
that
he
had
no
choice
but
to
lift
up
first
one
foot
,
and
then
the
other
,
for
the
purpose
of
scanning
their
elegant
welts
.
It
was
not
long
before
Chichikov
's
purchases
had
become
the
talk
of
the
town
;
and
various
were
the
opinions
expressed
as
to
whether
or
not
it
was
expedient
to
procure
peasants
for
transferment
.
Indeed
such
was
the
interest
taken
by
certain
citizens
in
the
matter
that
they
advised
the
purchaser
to
provide
himself
and
his
convoy
with
an
escort
,
in
order
to
ensure
their
safe
arrival
at
the
appointed
destination
;
but
though
Chichikov
thanked
the
donors
of
this
advice
for
the
same
,
and
declared
that
he
should
be
very
glad
,
in
case
of
need
,
to
avail
himself
of
it
,
he
declared
also
that
there
was
no
real
need
for
an
escort
,
seeing
that
the
peasants
whom
he
had
purchased
were
exceptionally
peace-loving
folk
,
and
that
,
being
themselves
consenting
parties
to
the
transferment
,
they
would
undoubtedly
prove
in
every
way
tractable
.
One
particularly
good
result
of
this
advertisement
of
his
scheme
was
that
he
came
to
rank
as
neither
more
nor
less
than
a
millionaire
.
Consequently
,
much
as
the
inhabitants
had
liked
our
hero
in
the
first
instance
(
as
seen
in
Chapter
I.
)
,
they
now
liked
him
more
than
ever
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
they
were
citizens
of
an
exceptionally
quiet
,
good-natured
,
easy-going
disposition
;
and
some
of
them
were
even
well-educated
.
For
instance
,
the
President
of
the
Local
Council
could
recite
the
whole
of
Zhukovski
's
LUDMILLA
by
heart
,
and
give
such
an
impressive
rendering
of
the
passage
"
The
pine
forest
was
asleep
and
the
valley
at
rest
"
(
as
well
as
of
the
exclamation
"
Phew
!
"
)
that
one
felt
,
as
he
did
so
,
that
the
pine
forest
and
the
valley
really
WERE
as
he
described
them
.
The
effect
was
also
further
heightened
by
the
manner
in
which
,
at
such
moments
,
he
assumed
the
most
portentous
frown
.
For
his
part
,
the
Postmaster
went
in
more
for
philosophy
,
and
diligently
perused
such
works
as
Young
's
Night
Thoughts
,
and
Eckharthausen
's
A
Key
to
the
Mysteries
of
Nature
;
of
which
latter
work
he
would
make
copious
extracts
,
though
no
one
had
the
slightest
notion
what
they
referred
to
.
For
the
rest
,
he
was
a
witty
,
florid
little
individual
,
and
much
addicted
to
a
practice
of
what
he
called
"
embellishing
"
whatsoever
he
had
to
say
--
a
feat
which
he
performed
with
the
aid
of
such
by-the-way
phrases
as
"
my
dear
sir
,
"
"
my
good
So-and-So
,
"
"
you
know
,
"
"
you
understand
,
"
"
you
may
imagine
,
"
"
relatively
speaking
,
"
"
for
instance
,
"
and
"
et
cetera
"
;
of
which
phrases
he
would
add
sackfuls
to
his
speech
.
He
could
also
"
embellish
"
his
words
by
the
simple
expedient
of
half-closing
,
half-winking
one
eye
;
which
trick
communicated
to
some
of
his
satirical
utterances
quite
a
mordant
effect
.
Nor
were
his
colleagues
a
wit
inferior
to
him
in
enlightenment
.
For
instance
,
one
of
them
made
a
regular
practice
of
reading
Karamzin
,
another
of
conning
the
Moscow
Gazette
,
and
a
third
of
never
looking
at
a
book
at
all
.
Likewise
,
although
they
were
the
sort
of
men
to
whom
,
in
their
more
intimate
movements
,
their
wives
would
very
naturally
address
such
nicknames
as
"
Toby
Jug
,
"
"
Marmot
,
"
"
Fatty
,
"
"
Pot
Belly
,
"
"
Smutty
,
"
"
Kiki
,
"
and
"
Buzz-Buzz
,
"
they
were
men
also
of
good
heart
,
and
very
ready
to
extend
their
hospitality
and
their
friendship
when
once
a
guest
had
eaten
of
their
bread
and
salt
,
or
spent
an
evening
in
their
company
.
Particularly
,
therefore
,
did
Chichikov
earn
these
good
folk
's
approval
with
his
taking
methods
and
qualities
--
so
much
so
that
the
expression
of
that
approval
bid
fair
to
make
it
difficult
for
him
to
quit
the
town
,
seeing
that
,
wherever
he
went
,
the
one
phrase
dinned
into
his
ears
was
"
Stay
another
week
with
us
,
Paul
Ivanovitch
.
"
In
short
,
he
ceased
to
be
a
free
agent
.
But
incomparably
more
striking
was
the
impression
(
a
matter
for
unbounded
surprise
!
)
which
he
produced
upon
the
ladies
.
Properly
to
explain
this
phenomenon
I
should
need
to
say
a
great
deal
about
the
ladies
themselves
,
and
to
describe
in
the
most
vivid
of
colours
their
social
intercourse
and
spiritual
qualities
.
Yet
this
would
be
a
difficult
thing
for
me
to
do
,
since
,
on
the
one
hand
,
I
should
be
hampered
by
my
boundless
respect
for
the
womenfolk
of
all
Civil
Service
officials
,
and
,
on
the
other
hand
--
well
,
simply
by
the
innate
arduousness
of
the
task
.
The
ladies
of
N.
were
--
But
no
,
I
can
not
do
it
;
my
heart
has
already
failed
me
.
Come
,
come
!
The
ladies
of
N.
were
distinguished
for
--
But
it
is
of
no
use
;
somehow
my
pen
seems
to
refuse
to
move
over
the
paper
--
it
seems
to
be
weighted
as
with
a
plummet
of
lead
.
Very
well
.
That
being
so
,
I
will
merely
say
a
word
or
two
concerning
the
most
prominent
tints
on
the
feminine
palette
of
N.
--
merely
a
word
or
two
concerning
the
outward
appearance
of
its
ladies
,
and
a
word
or
two
concerning
their
more
superficial
characteristics
.
The
ladies
of
N.
were
pre-eminently
what
is
known
as
"
presentable
.
"
Indeed
,
in
that
respect
they
might
have
served
as
a
model
to
the
ladies
of
many
another
town
.
That
is
to
say
,
in
whatever
pertained
to
"
tone
,
"
etiquette
,
the
intricacies
of
decorum
,
and
strict
observance
of
the
prevailing
mode
,
they
surpassed
even
the
ladies
of
Moscow
and
St.
Petersburg
,
seeing
that
they
dressed
with
taste
,
drove
about
in
carriages
in
the
latest
fashions
,
and
never
went
out
without
the
escort
of
a
footman
in
gold-laced
livery
.
Again
,
they
looked
upon
a
visiting
card
--
even
upon
a
make-shift
affair
consisting
of
an
ace
of
diamonds
or
a
two
of
clubs
--
as
a
sacred
thing
;
so
sacred
that
on
one
occasion
two
closely
related
ladies
who
had
also
been
closely
attached
friends
were
known
to
fall
out
with
one
another
over
the
mere
fact
of
an
omission
to
return
a
social
call
!
Yes
,
in
spite
of
the
best
efforts
of
husbands
and
kinsfolk
to
reconcile
the
antagonists
,
it
became
clear
that
,
though
all
else
in
the
world
might
conceivably
be
possible
,
never
could
the
hatchet
be
buried
between
ladies
who
had
quarrelled
over
a
neglected
visit
.
Likewise
strenuous
scenes
used
to
take
place
over
questions
of
precedence
--
scenes
of
a
kind
which
had
the
effect
of
inspiring
husbands
to
great
and
knightly
ideas
on
the
subject
of
protecting
the
fair
.
True
,
never
did
a
duel
actually
take
place
,
since
all
the
husbands
were
officials
belonging
to
the
Civil
Service
;
but
at
least
a
given
combatant
would
strive
to
heap
contumely
upon
his
rival
,
and
,
as
we
all
know
,
that
is
a
resource
which
may
prove
even
more
effectual
than
a
duel
.
As
regards
morality
,
the
ladies
of
N.
were
nothing
if
not
censorious
,
and
would
at
once
be
fired
with
virtuous
indignation
when
they
heard
of
a
case
of
vice
or
seduction
.
Nay
,
even
to
mere
frailty
they
would
award
the
lash
without
mercy
.
On
the
other
hand
,
should
any
instance
of
what
they
called
"
third
personism
"
occur
among
THEIR
OWN
circle
,
it
was
always
kept
dark
--
not
a
hint
of
what
was
going
on
being
allowed
to
transpire
,
and
even
the
wronged
husband
holding
himself
ready
,
should
he
meet
with
,
or
hear
of
,
the
"
third
person
,
"
to
quote
,
in
a
mild
and
rational
manner
,
the
proverb
,
"
Whom
concerns
it
that
a
friend
should
consort
with
friend
?
"
In
addition
,
I
may
say
that
,
like
most
of
the
female
world
of
St.
Petersburg
,
the
ladies
of
N.
were
pre-eminently
careful
and
refined
in
their
choice
of
words
and
phrases
.
Never
did
a
lady
say
,
"
I
blew
my
nose
,
"
or
"
I
perspired
,
"
or
"
I
spat
.
"
No
,
it
had
to
be
,
"
I
relieved
my
nose
through
the
expedient
of
wiping
it
with
my
handkerchief
,
"
and
so
forth
.
Again
,
to
say
,
"
This
glass
,
or
this
plate
,
smells
badly
,
"
was
forbidden
.
No
,
not
even
a
hint
to
such
an
effect
was
to
be
dropped
.
Rather
,
the
proper
phrase
,
in
such
a
case
,
was
"
This
glass
,
or
this
plate
,
is
not
behaving
very
well
,
"
--
or
some
such
formula
.
In
fact
,
to
refine
the
Russian
tongue
the
more
thoroughly
,
something
like
half
the
words
in
it
were
cut
out
:
which
circumstance
necessitated
very
frequent
recourse
to
the
tongue
of
France
,
since
the
same
words
,
if
spoken
in
French
,
were
another
matter
altogether
,
and
one
could
use
even
blunter
ones
than
the
ones
originally
objected
to
.
So
much
for
the
ladies
of
N.
,
provided
that
one
confines
one
's
observations
to
the
surface
;
yet
hardly
need
it
be
said
that
,
should
one
penetrate
deeper
than
that
,
a
great
deal
more
would
come
to
light
.
At
the
same
time
,
it
is
never
a
very
safe
proceeding
to
peer
deeply
into
the
hearts
of
ladies
;
wherefore
,
restricting
ourselves
to
the
foregoing
superficialities
,
let
us
proceed
further
on
our
way
.
Hitherto
the
ladies
had
paid
Chichikov
no
particular
attention
,
though
giving
him
full
credit
for
his
gentlemanly
and
urbane
demeanour
;
but
from
the
moment
that
there
arose
rumours
of
his
being
a
millionaire
other
qualities
of
his
began
to
be
canvassed
.
Nevertheless
,
not
ALL
the
ladies
were
governed
by
interested
motives
,
since
it
is
due
to
the
term
"
millionaire
"
rather
than
to
the
character
of
the
person
who
bears
it
,
that
the
mere
sound
of
the
word
exercises
upon
rascals
,
upon
decent
folk
,
and
upon
folk
who
are
neither
the
one
nor
the
other
,
an
undeniable
influence
.
