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"
And
how
much
am
I
to
pay
in
return
,
you
say
?
"
"
Thirty
thousand
roubles
,
to
be
divided
among
ourselves
,
the
Governor-General
's
staff
,
and
the
Governor-General
's
secretary
.
"
"
But
how
is
even
that
to
be
managed
,
for
all
my
effects
,
including
my
dispatch-box
,
will
have
been
sealed
up
and
taken
away
for
examination
?
"
"
In
an
hour
's
time
they
will
be
within
your
hands
again
,
"
said
Samosvitov
.
"
Shall
we
shake
hands
over
the
bargain
?
"
Chichikov
did
so
with
a
beating
heart
,
for
he
could
scarcely
believe
his
ears
.
"
For
the
present
,
then
,
farewell
,
"
concluded
Samosvitov
.
"
I
have
instructed
a
certain
mutual
friend
that
the
important
points
are
silence
and
presence
of
mind
.
"
"
Hm
!
"
thought
Chichikov
.
"
It
is
to
my
lawyer
that
he
is
referring
.
"
Even
when
Samosvitov
had
departed
the
prisoner
found
it
difficult
to
credit
all
that
had
been
said
.
Yet
not
an
hour
had
elapsed
before
a
messenger
arrived
with
his
dispatch-box
and
the
papers
and
money
therein
practically
undisturbed
and
intact
!
Later
it
came
out
that
Samosvitov
had
assumed
complete
authority
in
the
matter
.
First
,
he
had
rebuked
the
gendarmes
guarding
Chichikov
's
effects
for
lack
of
vigilance
,
and
then
sent
word
to
the
Superintendent
that
additional
men
were
required
for
the
purpose
;
after
which
he
had
taken
the
dispatch-box
into
his
own
charge
,
removed
from
it
every
paper
which
could
possibly
compromise
Chichikov
,
sealed
up
the
rest
in
a
packet
,
and
ordered
a
gendarme
to
convey
the
whole
to
their
owner
on
the
pretence
of
forwarding
him
sundry
garments
necessary
for
the
night
.
In
the
result
Chichikov
received
not
only
his
papers
,
but
also
some
warm
clothing
for
his
hypersensitive
limbs
.
Such
a
swift
recovery
of
his
treasures
delighted
him
beyond
expression
,
and
,
gathering
new
hope
,
he
began
once
more
to
dream
of
such
allurements
as
theatre-going
and
the
ballet
girl
after
whom
he
had
for
some
time
past
been
dangling
.
Gradually
did
the
country
estate
and
the
simple
life
begin
to
recede
into
the
distance
:
gradually
did
the
town
house
and
the
life
of
gaiety
begin
to
loom
larger
and
larger
in
the
foreground
.
Oh
,
life
,
life
!
Meanwhile
in
Government
offices
and
chancellories
there
had
been
set
on
foot
a
boundless
volume
of
work
.
Clerical
pens
slaved
,
and
brains
skilled
in
legal
casus
toiled
;
for
each
official
had
the
artist
's
liking
for
the
curved
line
in
preference
to
the
straight
.
And
all
the
while
,
like
a
hidden
magician
,
Chichikov
's
lawyer
imparted
driving
power
to
that
machine
which
caught
up
a
man
into
its
mechanism
before
he
could
even
look
round
.
And
the
complexity
of
it
increased
and
increased
,
for
Samosvitov
surpassed
himself
in
importance
and
daring
.
