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"
Of
the
'
dead
'
souls
?
Oh
dear
no
!
Let
us
write
them
down
as
LIVING
ones
,
seeing
that
that
is
how
they
figure
in
the
census
returns
.
Never
do
I
permit
myself
to
step
outside
the
civil
law
,
great
though
has
been
the
harm
which
that
rule
has
wrought
me
in
my
career
.
In
my
eyes
an
obligation
is
a
sacred
thing
.
In
the
presence
of
the
law
I
am
dumb
.
"
These
last
words
reassured
Manilov
not
a
little
:
yet
still
the
meaning
of
the
affair
remained
to
him
a
mystery
.
By
way
of
answer
,
he
fell
to
sucking
at
his
pipe
with
such
vehemence
that
at
length
the
pipe
began
to
gurgle
like
a
bassoon
.
It
was
as
though
he
had
been
seeking
of
it
inspiration
in
the
present
unheard-of
juncture
.
But
the
pipe
only
gurgled
,
et
praeterea
nihil
.
"
Perhaps
you
feel
doubtful
about
the
proposal
?
"
said
Chichikov
.
"
Not
at
all
,
"
replied
Manilov
.
"
But
you
will
,
I
know
,
excuse
me
if
I
say
(
and
I
say
it
out
of
no
spirit
of
prejudice
,
nor
yet
as
criticising
yourself
in
any
way
)
--
you
will
,
I
know
,
excuse
me
if
I
say
that
possibly
this
--
er
--
this
,
er
,
SCHEME
of
yours
,
this
--
er
--
TRANSACTION
of
yours
,
may
fail
altogether
to
accord
with
the
Civil
Statutes
and
Provisions
of
the
Realm
?
"
And
Manilov
,
with
a
slight
gesture
of
the
head
,
looked
meaningly
into
Chichikov
's
face
,
while
displaying
in
his
every
feature
,
including
his
closely-compressed
lips
,
such
an
expression
of
profundity
as
never
before
was
seen
on
any
human
countenance
--
unless
on
that
of
some
particularly
sapient
Minister
of
State
who
is
debating
some
particularly
abstruse
problem
.
Nevertheless
Chichikov
rejoined
that
the
kind
of
scheme
or
transaction
which
he
had
adumbrated
in
no
way
clashed
with
the
Civil
Statutes
and
Provisions
of
Russia
;
to
which
he
added
that
the
Treasury
would
even
BENEFIT
by
the
enterprise
,
seeing
it
would
draw
therefrom
the
usual
legal
percentage
.
"
What
,
then
,
do
you
propose
?
"
asked
Manilov
.
"
I
propose
only
what
is
above-board
,
and
nothing
else
.
"
"
Then
,
that
being
so
,
it
is
another
matter
,
and
I
have
nothing
to
urge
against
it
,
"
said
Manilov
,
apparently
reassured
to
the
full
.
