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"
Then
,
"
said
Kostanzhoglo
,
"
do
you
go
and
see
Colonel
Koshkarev
NOW
.
He
lives
less
than
ten
versts
from
here
,
and
I
have
a
gig
already
harnessed
.
Go
to
him
at
once
,
and
return
here
for
tea
.
"
"
An
excellent
idea
!
"
cried
Chichikov
,
and
with
that
he
seized
his
cap
.
Half
an
hour
's
drive
sufficed
to
bring
him
to
the
Colonel
's
establishment
.
The
village
attached
to
the
manor
was
in
a
state
of
utter
confusion
,
since
in
every
direction
building
and
repairing
operations
were
in
progress
,
and
the
alleys
were
choked
with
heaps
of
lime
,
bricks
,
and
beams
of
wood
.
Also
,
some
of
the
huts
were
arranged
to
resemble
offices
,
and
superscribed
in
gilt
letters
"
Depot
for
Agricultural
Implements
,
"
"
Chief
Office
of
Accounts
,
"
"
Estate
Works
Committee
,
"
"
Normal
School
for
the
Education
of
Colonists
,
"
and
so
forth
.
Chichikov
found
the
Colonel
posted
behind
a
desk
and
holding
a
pen
between
his
teeth
.
Without
an
instant
's
delay
the
master
of
the
establishment
--
who
seemed
a
kindly
,
approachable
man
,
and
accorded
to
his
visitor
a
very
civil
welcome
--
plunged
into
a
recital
of
the
labour
which
it
had
cost
him
to
bring
the
property
to
its
present
condition
of
affluence
.
Then
he
went
on
to
lament
the
fact
that
he
could
not
make
his
peasantry
understand
the
incentives
to
labour
which
the
riches
of
science
and
art
provide
;
for
instance
,
he
had
failed
to
induce
his
female
serfs
to
wear
corsets
,
whereas
in
Germany
,
where
he
had
resided
for
fourteen
years
,
every
humble
miller
's
daughter
could
play
the
piano
.
None
the
less
,
he
said
,
he
meant
to
peg
away
until
every
peasant
on
the
estate
should
,
as
he
walked
behind
the
plough
,
indulge
in
a
regular
course
of
reading
Franklin
's
Notes
on
Electricity
,
Virgil
's
Georgics
,
or
some
work
on
the
chemical
properties
of
soil
.
"
Good
gracious
!
"
mentally
exclaimed
Chichikov
.
"
Why
,
I
myself
have
not
had
time
to
finish
that
book
by
the
Duchesse
de
la
Valliere
!
"
Much
else
the
Colonel
said
.
In
particular
did
he
aver
that
,
provided
the
Russian
peasant
could
be
induced
to
array
himself
in
German
costume
,
science
would
progress
,
trade
increase
,
and
the
Golden
Age
dawn
in
Russia
.
For
a
while
Chichikov
listened
with
distended
eyes
.
Then
he
felt
constrained
to
intimate
that
with
all
that
he
had
nothing
to
do
,
seeing
that
his
business
was
merely
to
acquire
a
few
souls
,
and
thereafter
to
have
their
purchase
confirmed
.
"
If
I
understand
you
aright
,
"
said
the
Colonel
,
"
you
wish
to
present
a
Statement
of
Plea
?
"
"
Yes
,
that
is
so
.
"
"
Then
kindly
put
it
into
writing
,
and
it
shall
be
forwarded
to
the
Office
for
the
Reception
of
Reports
and
Returns
.
Thereafter
that
Office
will
consider
it
,
and
return
it
to
me
,
who
will
,
in
turn
,
dispatch
it
to
the
Estate
Works
Committee
,
who
will
,
in
turn
,
revise
it
,
and
present
it
to
the
Administrator
,
who
,
jointly
with
the
Secretary
,
will
--
"
