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"
Then
why
do
you
not
apply
to
her
?
"
asked
Platon
earnestly
.
"
It
seems
to
me
that
,
once
she
realised
the
position
of
your
family
,
she
could
not
possibly
refuse
you
.
"
"
Alas
!
nothing
is
to
be
looked
for
from
that
quarter
,
"
replied
Khlobuev
.
"
My
aunt
is
of
a
very
stubborn
disposition
--
a
perfect
stone
of
a
woman
.
Moreover
,
she
has
around
her
a
sufficient
band
of
favourites
already
.
In
particular
is
there
a
fellow
who
is
aiming
for
a
Governorship
,
and
to
that
end
has
managed
to
insinuate
himself
into
the
circle
of
her
kinsfolk
.
By
the
way
,
"
the
speaker
added
,
turning
to
Platon
,
"
would
you
do
me
a
favour
?
Next
week
I
am
giving
a
dinner
to
the
associated
guilds
of
the
town
.
"
Platon
stared
.
He
had
been
unaware
that
both
in
our
capitals
and
in
our
provincial
towns
there
exists
a
class
of
men
whose
lives
are
an
enigma
--
men
who
,
though
they
will
seem
to
have
exhausted
their
substance
,
and
to
have
become
enmeshed
in
debt
,
will
suddenly
be
reported
as
in
funds
,
and
on
the
point
of
giving
a
dinner
!
And
though
,
at
this
dinner
,
the
guests
will
declare
that
the
festival
is
bound
to
be
their
host
's
last
fling
,
and
that
for
a
certainty
he
will
be
haled
to
prison
on
the
morrow
,
ten
years
or
more
will
elapse
,
and
the
rascal
will
still
be
at
liberty
,
even
though
,
in
the
meanwhile
,
his
debts
will
have
increased
!
In
the
same
way
did
the
conduct
of
Khlobuev
's
menage
afford
a
curious
phenomenon
,
for
one
day
the
house
would
be
the
scene
of
a
solemn
Te
Deum
,
performed
by
a
priest
in
vestments
,
and
the
next
of
a
stage
play
performed
by
a
troupe
of
French
actors
in
theatrical
costume
.
Again
,
one
day
would
see
not
a
morsel
of
bread
in
the
house
,
and
the
next
day
a
banquet
and
generous
largesse
given
to
a
party
of
artists
and
sculptors
.
During
these
seasons
of
scarcity
(
sufficiently
severe
to
have
led
any
one
but
Khlobuev
to
seek
suicide
by
hanging
or
shooting
)
,
the
master
of
the
house
would
be
preserved
from
rash
action
by
his
strongly
religious
disposition
,
which
,
contriving
in
some
curious
way
to
conform
with
his
irregular
mode
of
life
,
enabled
him
to
fall
back
upon
reading
the
lives
of
saints
,
ascetics
,
and
others
of
the
type
which
has
risen
superior
to
its
misfortunes
.
And
at
such
times
his
spirit
would
become
softened
,
his
thoughts
full
of
gentleness
,
and
his
eyes
wet
with
tears
;
he
would
fall
to
saying
his
prayers
,
and
invariably
some
strange
coincidence
would
bring
an
answer
thereto
in
the
shape
of
an
unexpected
measure
of
assistance
.
That
is
to
say
,
some
former
friend
of
his
would
remember
him
,
and
send
him
a
trifle
in
the
way
of
money
;
or
else
some
female
visitor
would
be
moved
by
his
story
to
let
her
impulsive
,
generous
heart
proffer
him
a
handsome
gift
;
or
else
a
suit
whereof
tidings
had
never
even
reached
his
ears
would
end
by
being
decided
in
his
favour
.
And
when
that
happened
he
would
reverently
acknowledge
the
immensity
of
the
mercy
of
Providence
,
gratefully
tender
thanksgiving
for
the
same
,
and
betake
himself
again
to
his
irregular
mode
of
existence
.
"
Somehow
I
feel
sorry
for
the
man
,
"
said
Platon
when
he
and
Chichikov
had
taken
leave
of
their
host
,
and
left
the
house
.
"
Perhaps
so
,
but
he
is
a
hopeless
prodigal
,
"
replied
the
other
.
"
Personally
I
find
it
impossible
to
compassionate
such
fellows
.
"
And
with
that
the
pair
ceased
to
devote
another
thought
to
Khlobuev
.
In
the
case
of
Platon
,
this
was
because
he
contemplated
the
fortunes
of
his
fellows
with
the
lethargic
,
half-somnolent
eye
which
he
turned
upon
all
the
rest
of
the
world
;
for
though
the
sight
of
distress
of
others
would
cause
his
heart
to
contract
and
feel
full
of
sympathy
,
the
impression
thus
produced
never
sank
into
the
depths
of
his
being
.
Accordingly
,
before
many
minutes
were
over
he
had
ceased
to
bestow
a
single
thought
upon
his
late
host
.
With
Chichikov
,
however
,
things
were
different
.
Whereas
Platon
had
ceased
to
think
of
Khlobuev
no
more
than
he
had
ceased
to
think
of
himself
,
Chichikov
's
mind
had
strayed
elsewhere
,
for
the
reason
that
it
had
become
taken
up
with
grave
meditation
on
the
subject
of
the
purchase
just
made
.
Suddenly
finding
himself
no
longer
a
fictitious
proprietor
,
but
the
owner
of
a
real
,
an
actually
existing
,
estate
,
he
became
contemplative
,
and
his
plans
and
ideas
assumed
such
a
serious
vein
as
imparted
to
his
features
an
unconsciously
important
air
.
