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Fellows
of
the
kind
are
known
as
"
gay
young
sparks
,
"
and
,
even
in
their
boyhood
and
school
days
,
earn
a
reputation
for
being
bons
camarades
(
though
with
it
all
they
come
in
for
some
hard
knocks
)
for
the
reason
that
their
faces
evince
an
element
of
frankness
,
directness
,
and
enterprise
which
enables
them
soon
to
make
friends
,
and
,
almost
before
you
have
had
time
to
look
around
,
to
start
addressing
you
in
the
second
person
singular
.
Yet
,
while
cementing
such
friendships
for
all
eternity
,
almost
always
they
begin
quarrelling
the
same
evening
,
since
,
throughout
,
they
are
a
loquacious
,
dissipated
,
high-spirited
,
over-showy
tribe
.
Indeed
,
at
thirty-five
Nozdrev
was
just
what
he
had
been
an
eighteen
and
twenty
--
he
was
just
such
a
lover
of
fast
living
.
Nor
had
his
marriage
in
any
way
changed
him
,
and
the
less
so
since
his
wife
had
soon
departed
to
another
world
,
and
left
behind
her
two
children
,
whom
he
did
not
want
,
and
who
were
therefore
placed
in
the
charge
of
a
good-looking
nursemaid
.
Never
at
any
time
could
he
remain
at
home
for
more
than
a
single
day
,
for
his
keen
scent
could
range
over
scores
and
scores
of
versts
,
and
detect
any
fair
which
promised
balls
and
crowds
.
Consequently
in
a
trice
he
would
be
there
--
quarrelling
,
and
creating
disturbances
over
the
gaming-table
(
like
all
men
of
his
type
,
he
had
a
perfect
passion
for
cards
)
yet
playing
neither
a
faultless
nor
an
over-clean
game
,
since
he
was
both
a
blunderer
and
able
to
indulge
in
a
large
number
of
illicit
cuts
and
other
devices
.
The
result
was
that
the
game
often
ended
in
another
kind
of
sport
altogether
.
That
is
to
say
,
either
he
received
a
good
kicking
,
or
he
had
his
thick
and
very
handsome
whiskers
pulled
;
with
the
result
that
on
certain
occasions
he
returned
home
with
one
of
those
appendages
looking
decidedly
ragged
.
Yet
his
plump
,
healthy-looking
cheeks
were
so
robustly
constituted
,
and
contained
such
an
abundance
of
recreative
vigour
,
that
a
new
whisker
soon
sprouted
in
place
of
the
old
one
,
and
even
surpassed
its
predecessor
.
Again
(
and
the
following
is
a
phenomenon
peculiar
to
Russia
)
a
very
short
time
would
have
elapsed
before
once
more
he
would
be
consorting
with
the
very
cronies
who
had
recently
cuffed
him
--
and
consorting
with
them
as
though
nothing
whatsoever
had
happened
--
no
reference
to
the
subject
being
made
by
him
,
and
they
too
holding
their
tongues
.
In
short
,
Nozdrev
was
,
as
it
were
,
a
man
of
incident
.
Never
was
he
present
at
any
gathering
without
some
sort
of
a
fracas
occurring
thereat
.
Either
he
would
require
to
be
expelled
from
the
room
by
gendarmes
,
or
his
friends
would
have
to
kick
him
out
into
the
street
.
At
all
events
,
should
neither
of
those
occurrences
take
place
,
at
least
he
did
something
of
a
nature
which
would
not
otherwise
have
been
witnessed
.
That
is
to
say
,
should
he
not
play
the
fool
in
a
buffet
to
such
an
extent
as
to
make
every
one
smile
,
you
may
be
sure
that
he
was
engaged
in
lying
to
a
degree
which
at
times
abashed
even
himself
.
Moreover
,
the
man
lied
without
reason
.
For
instance
,
he
would
begin
telling
a
story
to
the
effect
that
he
possessed
a
blue-coated
or
a
red-coated
horse
;
until
,
in
the
end
,
his
listeners
would
be
forced
to
leave
him
with
the
remark
,
"
You
are
giving
us
some
fine
stuff
,
old
fellow
!
"
Also
,
men
like
Nozdrev
have
a
passion
for
insulting
their
neighbours
without
the
least
excuse
afforded
.
(
For
that
matter
,
even
a
man
of
good
standing
and
of
respectable
exterior
--
a
man
with
a
star
on
his
breast
--
may
unexpectedly
press
your
hand
one
day
,
and
begin
talking
to
you
on
subjects
of
a
nature
to
give
food
for
serious
thought
.
Yet
just
as
unexpectedly
may
that
man
start
abusing
you
to
your
face
--
and
do
so
in
a
manner
worthy
of
a
collegiate
registrar
rather
than
of
a
man
who
wears
a
star
on
his
breast
and
aspires
to
converse
on
subjects
which
merit
reflection
.
All
that
one
can
do
in
such
a
case
is
to
stand
shrugging
one
's
shoulders
in
amazement
.
)
Well
,
Nozdrev
had
just
such
a
weakness
.
The
more
he
became
friendly
with
a
man
,
the
sooner
would
he
insult
him
,
and
be
ready
to
spread
calumnies
as
to
his
reputation
.
Yet
all
the
while
he
would
consider
himself
the
insulted
one
's
friend
,
and
,
should
he
meet
him
again
,
would
greet
him
in
the
most
amicable
style
possible
,
and
say
,
"
You
rascal
,
why
have
you
given
up
coming
to
see
me
.
"
Thus
,
taken
all
round
,
Nozdrev
was
a
person
of
many
aspects
and
numerous
potentialities
.
In
one
and
the
same
breath
would
he
propose
to
go
with
you
whithersoever
you
might
choose
(
even
to
the
very
ends
of
the
world
should
you
so
require
)
or
to
enter
upon
any
sort
of
an
enterprise
with
you
,
or
to
exchange
any
commodity
for
any
other
commodity
which
you
might
care
to
name
.
Guns
,
horses
,
dogs
,
all
were
subjects
for
barter
--
though
not
for
profit
so
far
as
YOU
were
concerned
.
Such
traits
are
mostly
the
outcome
of
a
boisterous
temperament
,
as
is
additionally
exemplified
by
the
fact
that
if
at
a
fair
he
chanced
to
fall
in
with
a
simpleton
and
to
fleece
him
,
he
would
then
proceed
to
buy
a
quantity
of
the
very
first
articles
which
came
to
hand
--
horse-collars
,
cigar-lighters
,
dresses
for
his
nursemaid
,
foals
,
raisins
,
silver
ewers
,
lengths
of
holland
,
wheatmeal
,
tobacco
,
revolvers
,
dried
herrings
,
pictures
,
whetstones
,
crockery
,
boots
,
and
so
forth
,
until
every
atom
of
his
money
was
exhausted
.
Yet
seldom
were
these
articles
conveyed
home
,
since
,
as
a
rule
,
the
same
day
saw
them
lost
to
some
more
skilful
gambler
,
in
addition
to
his
pipe
,
his
tobacco-pouch
,
his
mouthpiece
,
his
four-horsed
turn-out
,
and
his
coachman
:
with
the
result
that
,
stripped
to
his
very
shirt
,
he
would
be
forced
to
beg
the
loan
of
a
vehicle
from
a
friend
.
Such
was
Nozdrev
.
Some
may
say
that
characters
of
his
type
have
become
extinct
,
that
Nozdrevs
no
longer
exist
.
Alas
!
such
as
say
this
will
be
wrong
;
for
many
a
day
must
pass
before
the
Nozdrevs
will
have
disappeared
from
our
ken
.
Everywhere
they
are
to
be
seen
in
our
midst
--
the
only
difference
between
the
new
and
the
old
being
a
difference
of
garments
.
Persons
of
superficial
observation
are
apt
to
consider
that
a
man
clad
in
a
different
coat
is
quite
a
different
person
from
what
he
used
to
be
.
To
continue
.
The
three
vehicles
bowled
up
to
the
steps
of
Nozdrev
's
house
,
and
their
occupants
alighted
.
But
no
preparations
whatsoever
had
been
made
for
the
guest
's
reception
,
for
on
some
wooden
trestles
in
the
centre
of
the
dining-room
a
couple
of
peasants
were
engaged
in
whitewashing
the
ceiling
and
drawling
out
an
endless
song
as
they
splashed
their
stuff
about
the
floor
.
Hastily
bidding
peasants
and
trestles
to
be
gone
,
Nozdrev
departed
to
another
room
with
further
instructions
.
Indeed
,
so
audible
was
the
sound
of
his
voice
as
he
ordered
dinner
that
Chichikov
--
who
was
beginning
to
feel
hungry
once
more
--
was
enabled
to
gather
that
it
would
be
at
least
five
o'clock
before
a
meal
of
any
kind
would
be
available
.
On
his
return
,
Nozdrev
invited
his
companions
to
inspect
his
establishment
--
even
though
as
early
as
two
o'clock
he
had
to
announce
that
nothing
more
was
to
be
seen
.
The
tour
began
with
a
view
of
the
stables
,
where
the
party
saw
two
mares
(
the
one
a
grey
,
and
the
other
a
roan
)
and
a
colt
;
which
latter
animal
,
though
far
from
showy
,
Nozdrev
declared
to
have
cost
him
ten
thousand
roubles
.
"
You
NEVER
paid
ten
thousand
roubles
for
the
brute
!
"
exclaimed
the
brother-in-law
.
"
He
is
n't
worth
even
a
thousand
.
"
