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"
A
property
for
which
,
had
he
asked
forty
thousand
,
I
should
still
have
demanded
a
reduction
.
"
"
Hm
!
"
thought
Chichikov
;
then
added
aloud
:
"
But
why
do
you
not
purchase
it
yourself
?
"
"
Because
to
everything
there
must
be
assigned
a
limit
.
Already
my
property
keeps
me
sufficiently
employed
.
Moreover
,
I
should
cause
our
local
dvoriane
to
begin
crying
out
in
chorus
that
I
am
exploiting
their
extremities
,
their
ruined
position
,
for
the
purpose
of
acquiring
land
for
under
its
value
.
Of
that
I
am
weary
.
"
"
How
readily
folk
speak
evil
!
"
exclaimed
Chichikov
.
"
Yes
,
and
the
amount
of
evil-speaking
in
our
province
surpasses
belief
.
Never
will
you
hear
my
name
mentioned
without
my
being
called
also
a
miser
and
a
usurer
of
the
worst
possible
sort
;
whereas
my
accusers
justify
themselves
in
everything
,
and
say
that
,
'
though
we
have
wasted
our
money
,
we
have
started
a
demand
for
the
higher
amenities
of
life
,
and
therefore
encouraged
industry
with
our
wastefulness
,
a
far
better
way
of
doing
things
than
that
practised
by
Kostanzhoglo
,
who
lives
like
a
pig
.
"'
"
Would
I
could
live
in
your
'
piggish
'
fashion
!
"
ejaculated
Chichikov
.
"
And
so
forth
,
and
so
forth
.
Yet
what
are
the
'
higher
amenities
of
life
'
?
What
good
can
they
do
to
any
one
?
Even
if
a
landowner
of
the
day
sets
up
a
library
,
he
never
looks
at
a
single
book
in
it
,
but
soon
relapses
into
card-playing
--
the
usual
pursuit
.
Yet
folk
call
me
names
simply
because
I
do
not
waste
my
means
upon
the
giving
of
dinners
!
One
reason
why
I
do
not
give
such
dinners
is
that
they
weary
me
;
and
another
reason
is
that
I
am
not
used
to
them
.
But
come
you
to
my
house
for
the
purpose
of
taking
pot
luck
,
and
I
shall
be
delighted
to
see
you
.
Also
,
folk
foolishly
say
that
I
lend
money
on
interest
;
whereas
the
truth
is
that
if
you
should
come
to
me
when
you
are
really
in
need
,
and
should
explain
to
me
openly
how
you
propose
to
employ
my
money
,
and
I
should
perceive
that
you
are
purposing
to
use
that
money
wisely
,
and
that
you
are
really
likely
to
profit
thereby
--
well
,
in
that
case
you
would
find
me
ready
to
lend
you
all
that
you
might
ask
without
interest
at
all
.
"
"
That
is
a
thing
which
it
is
well
to
know
,
"
reflected
Chichikov
.
"
Yes
,
"
repeated
Kostanzhoglo
,
"
under
those
circumstances
I
should
never
refuse
you
my
assistance
.
But
I
do
object
to
throwing
my
money
to
the
winds
.
Pardon
me
for
expressing
myself
so
plainly
.
To
think
of
lending
money
to
a
man
who
is
merely
devising
a
dinner
for
his
mistress
,
or
planning
to
furnish
his
house
like
a
lunatic
,
or
thinking
of
taking
his
paramour
to
a
masked
ball
or
a
jubilee
in
honour
of
some
one
who
had
better
never
have
been
born
!
"
