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On
the
day
that
he
was
conducted
into
a
splendid
,
shining
hall
--
a
hall
fitted
with
inlaid
floors
and
lacquered
desks
as
fine
as
though
this
were
actually
the
place
where
the
great
ones
of
the
Empire
met
for
discussion
of
the
fortunes
of
the
State
;
on
the
day
that
he
saw
legions
of
handsome
gentlemen
of
the
quill-driving
profession
making
loud
scratchings
with
pens
,
and
cocking
their
heads
to
one
side
;
lastly
on
the
day
that
he
saw
himself
also
allotted
a
desk
,
and
requested
to
copy
a
document
which
appeared
purposely
to
be
one
of
the
pettiest
possible
order
(
as
a
matter
of
fact
it
related
to
a
sum
of
three
roubles
,
and
had
taken
half
a
year
to
produce
)
--
well
,
at
that
moment
a
curious
,
an
unwonted
sensation
seized
upon
the
inexperienced
youth
,
for
the
gentlemen
around
him
appeared
so
exactly
like
a
lot
of
college
students
.
And
,
the
further
to
complete
the
resemblance
,
some
of
them
were
engaged
in
reading
trashy
translated
novels
,
which
they
kept
hurriedly
thrusting
between
the
sheets
of
their
apportioned
work
whenever
the
Director
appeared
,
as
though
to
convey
the
impression
that
it
was
to
that
work
alone
that
they
were
applying
themselves
.
In
short
,
the
scene
seemed
to
Tientietnikov
strange
,
and
his
former
pursuits
more
important
than
his
present
,
and
his
preparation
for
the
Service
preferable
to
the
Service
itself
.
Yes
,
suddenly
he
felt
a
longing
for
his
old
school
;
and
as
suddenly
,
and
with
all
the
vividness
of
life
,
there
appeared
before
his
vision
the
figure
of
Alexander
Petrovitch
.
He
almost
burst
into
tears
as
he
beheld
his
old
master
,
and
the
room
seemed
to
swim
before
his
eyes
,
and
the
tchinovniks
and
the
desks
to
become
a
blur
,
and
his
sight
to
grow
dim
.
Then
he
thought
to
himself
with
an
effort
:
"
No
,
no
!
I
WILL
apply
myself
to
my
work
,
however
petty
it
be
at
first
.
"
And
hardening
his
heart
and
recovering
his
spirit
,
he
determined
then
and
there
to
perform
his
duties
in
such
a
manner
as
should
be
an
example
to
the
rest
.
But
where
are
compensations
to
be
found
?
Even
in
St.
Petersburg
,
despite
its
grim
and
murky
exterior
,
they
exist
.
Yes
,
even
though
thirty
degrees
of
keen
,
cracking
frost
may
have
bound
the
streets
,
and
the
family
of
the
North
Wind
be
wailing
there
,
and
the
Snowstorm
Witch
have
heaped
high
the
pavements
,
and
be
blinding
the
eyes
,
and
powdering
beards
and
fur
collars
and
the
shaggy
manes
of
horses
--
even
THEN
there
will
be
shining
hospitably
through
the
swirling
snowflakes
a
fourth-floor
window
where
,
in
a
cosy
room
,
and
by
the
light
of
modest
candles
,
and
to
the
hiss
of
the
samovar
,
there
will
be
in
progress
a
discussion
which
warms
the
heart
and
soul
,
or
else
a
reading
aloud
of
a
brilliant
page
of
one
of
those
inspired
Russian
poets
with
whom
God
has
dowered
us
,
while
the
breast
of
each
member
of
the
company
is
heaving
with
a
rapture
unknown
under
a
noontide
sky
.
Gradually
,
therefore
,
Tientietnikov
grew
more
at
home
in
the
Service
.
Yet
never
did
it
become
,
for
him
,
the
main
pursuit
,
the
main
object
in
life
,
which
he
had
expected
.
No
,
it
remained
but
one
of
a
secondary
kind
.
That
is
to
say
,
it
served
merely
to
divide
up
his
time
,
and
enable
him
the
more
to
value
his
hours
of
leisure
.
Nevertheless
,
just
when
his
uncle
was
beginning
to
flatter
himself
that
his
nephew
was
destined
to
succeed
in
the
profession
,
the
said
nephew
elected
to
ruin
his
every
hope
.
Thus
it
befell
.
Tientietnikov
's
friends
(
he
had
many
)
included
among
their
number
a
couple
of
fellows
of
the
species
known
as
"
embittered
.
"
That
is
to
say
,
though
good-natured
souls
of
that
curiously
restless
type
which
can
not
endure
injustice
,
nor
anything
which
it
conceives
to
be
such
,
they
were
thoroughly
unbalanced
of
conduct
themselves
,
and
,
while
demanding
general
agreement
with
their
views
,
treated
those
of
others
with
the
scantiest
of
ceremony
.
Nevertheless
these
two
associates
exercised
upon
Tientietnikov
--
both
by
the
fire
of
their
eloquence
and
by
the
form
of
their
noble
dissatisfaction
with
society
--
a
very
strong
influence
;
with
the
result
that
,
through
arousing
in
him
an
innate
tendency
to
nervous
resentment
,
they
led
him
also
to
notice
trifles
which
before
had
escaped
his
attention
.
An
instance
of
this
is
seen
in
the
fact
that
he
conceived
against
Thedor
Thedorovitch
Lienitsin
,
Director
of
one
of
the
Departments
which
was
quartered
in
the
splendid
range
of
offices
before
mentioned
,
a
dislike
which
proved
the
cause
of
his
discerning
in
the
man
a
host
of
hitherto
unmarked
imperfections
.
Above
all
things
did
Tientietnikov
take
it
into
his
head
that
,
when
conversing
with
his
superiors
,
Lienitsin
became
,
of
the
moment
,
a
stick
of
luscious
sweetmeat
,
but
that
,
when
conversing
with
his
inferiors
,
he
approximated
more
to
a
vinegar
cruet
.
Certain
it
is
that
,
like
all
petty-minded
individuals
,
Lienitsin
made
a
note
of
any
one
who
failed
to
offer
him
a
greeting
on
festival
days
,
and
that
he
revenged
himself
upon
any
one
whose
visiting-card
had
not
been
handed
to
his
butler
.
Eventually
the
youth
's
aversion
almost
attained
the
point
of
hysteria
;
until
he
felt
that
,
come
what
might
,
he
MUST
insult
the
fellow
in
some
fashion
.
To
that
task
he
applied
himself
con
amore
;
and
so
thoroughly
that
he
met
with
complete
success
.
That
is
to
say
,
he
seized
on
an
occasion
to
address
Lienitsin
in
such
fashion
that
the
delinquent
received
notice
either
to
apologise
or
to
leave
the
Service
;
and
when
of
these
alternatives
he
chose
the
latter
his
uncle
came
to
him
,
and
made
a
terrified
appeal
.
"
For
God
's
sake
remember
what
you
are
doing
!
"
he
cried
.
"
To
think
that
,
after
beginning
your
career
so
well
,
you
should
abandon
it
merely
for
the
reason
that
you
have
not
fallen
in
with
the
sort
of
Director
whom
you
prefer
!
What
do
you
mean
by
it
,
what
do
you
mean
by
it
?
Were
others
to
regard
things
in
the
same
way
,
the
Service
would
find
itself
without
a
single
individual
.
Reconsider
your
conduct
--
forego
your
pride
and
conceit
,
and
make
Lienitsin
amends
.
"
"
But
,
dear
Uncle
,
"
the
nephew
replied
,
"
that
is
not
the
point
.
The
point
is
,
not
that
I
should
find
an
apology
difficult
to
offer
,
seeing
that
,
since
Lienitsin
is
my
superior
,
and
I
ought
not
to
have
addressed
him
as
I
did
,
I
am
clearly
in
the
wrong
.
Rather
,
the
point
is
the
following
.
To
my
charge
there
has
been
committed
the
performance
of
another
kind
of
service
.
That
is
to
say
,
I
am
the
owner
of
three
hundred
peasant
souls
,
a
badly
administered
estate
,
and
a
fool
of
a
bailiff
.
That
being
so
,
whereas
the
State
will
lose
little
by
having
to
fill
my
stool
with
another
copyist
,
it
will
lose
very
much
by
causing
three
hundred
peasant
souls
to
fail
in
the
payment
of
their
taxes
.
As
I
say
(
how
am
I
to
put
it
?
)
,
I
am
a
landowner
who
has
preferred
to
enter
the
Public
Service
.
Now
,
should
I
employ
myself
henceforth
in
conserving
,
restoring
,
and
improving
the
fortunes
of
the
souls
whom
God
has
entrusted
to
my
care
,
and
thereby
provide
the
State
with
three
hundred
law-abiding
,
sober
,
hard-working
taxpayers
,
how
will
that
service
of
mine
rank
as
inferior
to
the
service
of
a
department-directing
fool
like
Lienitsin
?
"
On
hearing
this
speech
,
the
State
Councillor
could
only
gape
,
for
he
had
not
expected
Tientietnikov
's
torrent
of
words
.
He
reflected
a
few
moments
,
and
then
murmured
:
"
Yes
,
but
,
but
--
but
how
can
a
man
like
you
retire
to
rustication
in
the
country
?
What
society
will
you
get
there
?
Here
one
meets
at
least
a
general
or
a
prince
sometimes
;
indeed
,
no
matter
whom
you
pass
in
the
street
,
that
person
represents
gas
lamps
and
European
civilisation
;
but
in
the
country
,
no
matter
what
part
of
it
you
are
in
,
not
a
soul
is
to
be
encountered
save
muzhiks
and
their
women
.
