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How
,
after
this
--
after
the
guest
had
shown
such
innocent
affection
for
the
little
one
,
and
magnanimously
paid
for
his
so
doing
with
a
brand-new
suit
--
could
the
father
remain
obdurate
?
Nevertheless
,
to
avoid
setting
a
bad
example
to
the
countryside
,
he
and
Chichikov
agreed
to
carry
through
the
transaction
PRIVATELY
,
lest
,
otherwise
,
a
scandal
should
arise
.
"
In
return
,
"
said
Chichikov
,
"
would
you
mind
doing
me
the
following
favour
?
I
desire
to
mediate
in
the
matter
of
your
difference
with
the
Brothers
Platonov
.
I
believe
that
you
wish
to
acquire
some
additional
land
?
Is
not
that
so
?
"
[
Here
there
occurs
a
hiatus
in
the
original
.
]
Everything
in
life
fulfils
its
function
,
and
Chichikov
's
tour
in
search
of
a
fortune
was
carried
out
so
successfully
that
not
a
little
money
passed
into
his
pockets
.
The
system
employed
was
a
good
one
:
he
did
not
steal
,
he
merely
used
.
And
every
one
of
us
at
times
does
the
same
:
one
man
with
regard
to
Government
timber
,
and
another
with
regard
to
a
sum
belonging
to
his
employer
,
while
a
third
defrauds
his
children
for
the
sake
of
an
actress
,
and
a
fourth
robs
his
peasantry
for
the
sake
of
smart
furniture
or
a
carriage
.
What
can
one
do
when
one
is
surrounded
on
every
side
with
roguery
,
and
everywhere
there
are
insanely
expensive
restaurants
,
masked
balls
,
and
dances
to
the
music
of
gipsy
bands
?
To
abstain
when
every
one
else
is
indulging
in
these
things
,
and
fashion
commands
,
is
difficult
indeed
!
Chichikov
was
for
setting
forth
again
,
but
the
roads
had
now
got
into
a
bad
state
,
and
,
in
addition
,
there
was
in
preparation
a
second
fair
--
one
for
the
dvoriane
only
.
The
former
fair
had
been
held
for
the
sale
of
horses
,
cattle
,
cheese
,
and
other
peasant
produce
,
and
the
buyers
had
been
merely
cattle-jobbers
and
kulaks
;
but
this
time
the
function
was
to
be
one
for
the
sale
of
manorial
produce
which
had
been
bought
up
by
wholesale
dealers
at
Nizhni
Novgorod
,
and
then
transferred
hither
.
To
the
fair
,
of
course
,
came
those
ravishers
of
the
Russian
purse
who
,
in
the
shape
of
Frenchmen
with
pomades
and
Frenchwomen
with
hats
,
make
away
with
money
earned
by
blood
and
hard
work
,
and
,
like
the
locusts
of
Egypt
(
to
use
Kostanzhoglo
's
term
)
not
only
devour
their
prey
,
but
also
dig
holes
in
the
ground
and
leave
behind
their
eggs
.
Although
,
unfortunately
,
the
occurrence
of
a
bad
harvest
retained
many
landowners
at
their
country
houses
,
the
local
tchinovniks
(
whom
the
failure
of
the
harvest
did
NOT
touch
)
proceeded
to
let
themselves
go
--
as
also
,
to
their
undoing
,
did
their
wives
.
The
reading
of
books
of
the
type
diffused
,
in
these
modern
days
,
for
the
inoculation
of
humanity
with
a
craving
for
new
and
superior
amenities
of
life
had
caused
every
one
to
conceive
a
passion
for
experimenting
with
the
latest
luxury
;
and
to
meet
this
want
the
French
wine
merchant
opened
a
new
establishment
in
the
shape
of
a
restaurant
as
had
never
before
been
heard
of
in
the
province
--
a
restaurant
where
supper
could
be
procured
on
credit
as
regarded
one-half
,
and
for
an
unprecedentedly
low
sum
as
regarded
the
other
.
This
exactly
suited
both
heads
of
boards
and
clerks
who
were
living
in
hope
of
being
able
some
day
to
resume
their
bribes-taking
from
suitors
.
There
also
developed
a
tendency
to
compete
in
the
matter
of
horses
and
liveried
flunkeys
;
with
the
result
that
despite
the
damp
and
snowy
weather
exceedingly
elegant
turnouts
took
to
parading
backwards
and
forwards
.
Whence
these
equipages
had
come
God
only
knows
,
but
at
least
they
would
not
have
disgraced
St.
Petersburg
.
From
within
them
merchants
and
attorneys
doffed
their
caps
to
ladies
,
and
inquired
after
their
health
,
and
likewise
it
became
a
rare
sight
to
see
a
bearded
man
in
a
rough
fur
cap
,
since
every
one
now
went
about
clean-shaven
and
with
dirty
teeth
,
after
the
European
fashion
.
"
Sir
,
I
beg
of
you
to
inspect
my
goods
,
"
said
a
tradesman
as
Chichikov
was
passing
his
establishment
.
"
Within
my
doors
you
will
find
a
large
variety
of
clothing
.
"
"
Have
you
a
cloth
of
bilberry-coloured
check
?
"
inquired
the
person
addressed
.
