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Remember
that
a
man
in
the
prime
of
years
has
an
appetite
like
a
wolf
;
and
as
he
passed
a
restaurant
he
could
see
a
round-faced
,
holland-shirted
,
snow-white
aproned
fellow
of
a
French
chef
preparing
a
dish
delicious
enough
to
make
it
turn
to
and
eat
itself
;
while
,
again
,
as
he
passed
a
fruit
shop
he
could
see
delicacies
looking
out
of
a
window
for
fools
to
come
and
buy
them
at
a
hundred
roubles
apiece
.
Imagine
,
therefore
,
his
position
!
On
the
one
hand
,
so
to
speak
,
were
salmon
and
water-melons
,
while
on
the
other
hand
was
the
bitter
fare
which
passed
at
a
tavern
for
luncheon
.
'
Well
,
'
he
thought
to
himself
,
'
let
them
do
what
they
like
with
me
at
the
Commission
,
but
I
intend
to
go
and
raise
the
whole
place
,
and
to
tell
every
blessed
functionary
there
that
I
have
a
mind
to
do
as
I
choose
.
'
And
in
truth
this
bold
impertinence
of
a
man
did
have
the
hardihood
to
return
to
the
Commission
.
'
What
do
you
want
?
'
said
the
President
.
'
Why
are
you
here
for
the
third
time
?
You
have
had
your
orders
given
you
.
'
'
I
daresay
I
have
,
'
he
retorted
,
'
but
I
am
not
going
to
be
put
off
with
THEM
.
I
want
some
cutlets
to
eat
,
and
a
bottle
of
French
wine
,
and
a
chance
to
go
and
amuse
myself
at
the
theatre
.
'
'
Pardon
me
,
'
said
the
President
.
'
What
you
really
need
(
if
I
may
venture
to
mention
it
)
is
a
little
patience
.
You
have
been
given
something
for
food
until
the
Military
Committee
shall
have
met
,
and
then
,
doubtless
,
you
will
receive
your
proper
reward
,
seeing
that
it
would
not
be
seemly
that
a
man
who
has
served
his
country
should
be
left
destitute
.
On
the
other
hand
,
if
,
in
the
meanwhile
,
you
desire
to
indulge
in
cutlets
and
theatre-going
,
please
understand
that
we
can
not
help
you
,
but
you
must
make
your
own
resources
,
and
try
as
best
you
can
to
help
yourself
.
'
You
can
imagine
that
this
went
in
at
one
of
Kopeikin
's
ears
,
and
out
at
the
other
;
that
it
was
like
shooting
peas
at
a
stone
wall
.
Accordingly
he
raised
a
turmoil
which
sent
the
staff
flying
.
One
by
one
,
he
gave
the
mob
of
secretaries
and
clerks
a
real
good
hammering
.
'
You
,
and
you
,
and
you
,
'
he
said
,
'
do
not
even
know
your
duties
.
You
are
law-breakers
.
'
Yes
,
he
trod
every
man
of
them
under
foot
.
At
length
the
General
himself
arrived
from
another
office
,
and
sounded
the
alarm
.
What
was
to
be
done
with
a
fellow
like
Kopeikin
?
The
President
saw
that
strong
measures
were
imperative
.
'
Very
well
,
'
he
said
.
'
Since
you
decline
to
rest
satisfied
with
what
has
been
given
you
,
and
quietly
to
await
the
decision
of
your
case
in
St.
Petersburg
,
I
must
find
you
a
lodging
.
Here
,
constable
,
remove
the
man
to
gaol
.
'
Then
a
constable
who
had
been
called
to
the
door
--
a
constable
three
ells
in
height
,
and
armed
with
a
carbine
--
a
man
well
fitted
to
guard
a
bank
--
placed
our
friend
in
a
police
waggon
.
'
Well
,
'
reflected
Kopeikin
,
'
at
least
I
sha
n't
have
to
pay
my
fare
for
THIS
ride
.
That
's
one
comfort
.
'
Again
,
after
he
had
ridden
a
little
way
,
he
said
to
himself
:
'
they
told
me
at
the
Commission
to
go
and
make
my
own
means
of
enjoying
myself
.
Very
good
.
I
'll
do
so
.
'
However
,
what
became
of
Kopeikin
,
and
whither
he
went
,
is
known
to
no
one
.
He
sank
,
to
use
the
poet
's
expression
,
into
the
waters
of
Lethe
,
and
his
doings
now
lie
buried
in
oblivion
.
But
allow
me
,
gentlemen
,
to
piece
together
the
further
threads
of
the
story
.
Not
two
months
later
there
appeared
in
the
forests
of
Riazan
a
band
of
robbers
:
and
of
that
band
the
chieftain
was
none
other
than
--
"
"
Allow
me
,
"
put
in
the
Head
of
the
Police
Department
.
"
You
have
said
that
Kopeikin
had
lost
an
arm
and
a
leg
;
whereas
Chichikov
--
"
To
say
anything
more
was
unnecessary
.
The
Postmaster
clapped
his
hand
to
his
forehead
,
and
publicly
called
himself
a
fool
,
though
,
later
,
he
tried
to
excuse
his
mistake
by
saying
that
in
England
the
science
of
mechanics
had
reached
such
a
pitch
that
wooden
legs
were
manufactured
which
would
enable
the
wearer
,
on
touching
a
spring
,
to
vanish
instantaneously
from
sight
.
Various
other
theories
were
then
propounded
,
among
them
a
theory
that
Chichikov
was
Napoleon
,
escaped
from
St.
Helena
and
travelling
about
the
world
in
disguise
.
And
if
it
should
be
supposed
that
no
such
notion
could
possibly
have
been
broached
,
let
the
reader
remember
that
these
events
took
place
not
many
years
after
the
French
had
been
driven
out
of
Russia
,
and
that
various
prophets
had
since
declared
that
Napoleon
was
Antichrist
,
and
would
one
day
escape
from
his
island
prison
to
exercise
universal
sway
on
earth
.
Nay
,
some
good
folk
had
even
declared
the
letters
of
Napoleon
's
name
to
constitute
the
Apocalyptic
cipher
!
As
a
last
resort
,
the
tchinovniks
decided
to
question
Nozdrev
,
since
not
only
had
the
latter
been
the
first
to
mention
the
dead
souls
,
but
also
he
was
supposed
to
stand
on
terms
of
intimacy
with
Chichikov
.
Accordingly
the
Chief
of
Police
dispatched
a
note
by
the
hand
of
a
commissionaire
.
At
the
time
Nozdrev
was
engaged
on
some
very
important
business
--
so
much
so
that
he
had
not
left
his
room
for
four
days
,
and
was
receiving
his
meals
through
the
window
,
and
no
visitors
at
all
.
The
business
referred
to
consisted
of
the
marking
of
several
dozen
selected
cards
in
such
a
way
as
to
permit
of
his
relying
upon
them
as
upon
his
bosom
friend
.
Naturally
he
did
not
like
having
his
retirement
invaded
,
and
at
first
consigned
the
commissionaire
to
the
devil
;
but
as
soon
as
he
learnt
from
the
note
that
,
since
a
novice
at
cards
was
to
be
the
guest
of
the
Chief
of
Police
that
evening
,
a
call
at
the
latter
's
house
might
prove
not
wholly
unprofitable
he
relented
,
unlocked
the
door
of
his
room
,
threw
on
the
first
garments
that
came
to
hand
,
and
set
forth
.
To
every
question
put
to
him
by
the
tchinovniks
he
answered
firmly
and
with
assurance
.
Chichikov
,
he
averred
,
had
indeed
purchased
dead
souls
,
and
to
the
tune
of
several
thousand
roubles
.
In
fact
,
he
(
Nozdrev
)
had
himself
sold
him
some
,
and
still
saw
no
reason
why
he
should
not
have
done
so
.
Next
,
to
the
question
of
whether
or
not
he
considered
Chichikov
to
be
a
spy
,
he
replied
in
the
affirmative
,
and
added
that
,
as
long
ago
as
his
and
Chichikov
's
joint
schooldays
,
the
said
Chichikov
had
been
known
as
"
The
Informer
,
"
and
repeatedly
been
thrashed
by
his
companions
on
that
account
.
Again
,
to
the
question
of
whether
or
not
Chichikov
was
a
forger
of
currency
notes
the
deponent
,
as
before
,
responded
in
the
affirmative
,
and
appended
thereto
an
anecdote
illustrative
of
Chichikov
's
extraordinary
dexterity
of
hand
--
namely
,
an
anecdote
to
that
effect
that
,
once
upon
a
time
,
on
learning
that
two
million
roubles
worth
of
counterfeit
notes
were
lying
in
Chichikov
's
house
,
the
authorities
had
placed
seals
upon
the
building
,
and
had
surrounded
it
on
every
side
with
an
armed
guard
;
whereupon
Chichikov
had
,
during
the
night
,
changed
each
of
these
seals
for
a
new
one
,
and
also
so
arranged
matters
that
,
when
the
house
was
searched
,
the
forged
notes
were
found
to
be
genuine
ones
!
Again
,
to
the
question
of
whether
or
not
Chichikov
had
schemed
to
abduct
the
Governor
's
daughter
,
and
also
whether
it
was
true
that
he
,
Nozdrev
,
had
undertaken
to
aid
and
abet
him
in
the
act
,
the
witness
replied
that
,
had
he
not
undertaken
to
do
so
,
the
affair
would
never
have
come
off
.
