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One
of
them
was
that
of
a
woman
in
a
mobcap
with
features
as
long
and
as
narrow
as
a
cucumber
,
and
the
other
that
of
a
man
with
features
as
broad
and
as
short
as
the
Moldavian
pumpkins
(
known
as
gorlianki
)
whereof
balallaiki
--
the
species
of
light
,
two-stringed
instrument
which
constitutes
the
pride
and
the
joy
of
the
gay
young
fellow
of
twenty
as
he
sits
winking
and
smiling
at
the
white-necked
,
white-bosomed
maidens
who
have
gathered
to
listen
to
his
low-pitched
tinkling
--
are
fashioned
.
This
scrutiny
made
,
both
faces
withdrew
,
and
there
came
out
on
to
the
entrance
steps
a
lacquey
clad
in
a
grey
jacket
and
a
stiff
blue
collar
.
This
functionary
conducted
Chichikov
into
the
hall
,
where
he
was
met
by
the
master
of
the
house
himself
,
who
requested
his
guest
to
enter
,
and
then
led
him
into
the
inner
part
of
the
mansion
.
A
covert
glance
at
Sobakevitch
showed
our
hero
that
his
host
exactly
resembled
a
moderate-sized
bear
.
To
complete
the
resemblance
,
Sobakevitch
's
long
frockcoat
and
baggy
trousers
were
of
the
precise
colour
of
a
bear
's
hide
,
while
,
when
shuffling
across
the
floor
,
he
made
a
criss-cross
motion
of
the
legs
,
and
had
,
in
addition
,
a
constant
habit
of
treading
upon
his
companion
's
toes
.
As
for
his
face
,
it
was
of
the
warm
,
ardent
tint
of
a
piatok
23
.
Persons
of
this
kind
--
persons
to
whose
designing
nature
has
devoted
not
much
thought
,
and
in
the
fashioning
of
whose
frames
she
has
used
no
instruments
so
delicate
as
a
file
or
a
gimlet
and
so
forth
--
are
not
uncommon
.
Such
persons
she
merely
roughhews
.
One
cut
with
a
hatchet
,
and
there
results
a
nose
;
another
such
cut
with
a
hatchet
,
and
there
materialises
a
pair
of
lips
;
two
thrusts
with
a
drill
,
and
there
issues
a
pair
of
eyes
.
Lastly
,
scorning
to
plane
down
the
roughness
,
she
sends
out
that
person
into
the
world
,
saying
:
"
There
is
another
live
creature
.
"
Sobakevitch
was
just
such
a
ragged
,
curiously
put
together
figure
--
though
the
above
model
would
seem
to
have
been
followed
more
in
his
upper
portion
than
in
his
lower
.
One
result
was
that
he
seldom
turned
his
head
to
look
at
the
person
with
whom
he
was
speaking
,
but
,
rather
,
directed
his
eyes
towards
,
say
,
the
stove
corner
or
the
doorway
.
As
host
and
guest
crossed
the
dining-room
Chichikov
directed
a
second
glance
at
his
companion
.
"
He
is
a
bear
,
and
nothing
but
a
bear
,
"
he
thought
to
himself
.
And
,
indeed
,
the
strange
comparison
was
inevitable
.
Incidentally
,
Sobakevitch
's
Christian
name
and
patronymic
were
Michael
Semenovitch
.
Of
his
habit
of
treading
upon
other
people
's
toes
Chichikov
had
become
fully
aware
;
wherefore
he
stepped
cautiously
,
and
,
throughout
,
allowed
his
host
to
take
the
lead
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
Sobakevitch
himself
seemed
conscious
of
his
failing
,
for
at
intervals
he
would
inquire
:
"
I
hope
I
have
not
hurt
you
?
"
and
Chichikov
,
with
a
word
of
thanks
,
would
reply
that
as
yet
he
had
sustained
no
injury
.
At
length
they
reached
the
drawing-room
,
where
Sobakevitch
pointed
to
an
armchair
,
and
invited
his
guest
to
be
seated
.
Chichikov
gazed
with
interest
at
the
walls
and
the
pictures
.
In
every
such
picture
there
were
portrayed
either
young
men
or
Greek
generals
of
the
type
of
Movrogordato
(
clad
in
a
red
uniform
and
breaches
)
,
Kanaris
,
and
others
;
and
all
these
heroes
were
depicted
with
a
solidity
of
thigh
and
a
wealth
of
moustache
which
made
the
beholder
simply
shudder
with
awe
.
Among
them
there
were
placed
also
,
according
to
some
unknown
system
,
and
for
some
unknown
reason
,
firstly
,
Bagration
24
--
tall
and
thin
,
and
with
a
cluster
of
small
flags
and
cannon
beneath
him
,
and
the
whole
set
in
the
narrowest
of
frames
--
and
,
secondly
,
the
Greek
heroine
,
Bobelina
,
whose
legs
looked
larger
than
do
the
whole
bodies
of
the
drawing-room
dandies
of
the
present
day
.
Apparently
the
master
of
the
house
was
himself
a
man
of
health
and
strength
,
and
therefore
liked
to
have
his
apartments
adorned
with
none
but
folk
of
equal
vigour
and
robustness
.
Lastly
,
in
the
window
,
and
suspended
cheek
by
jowl
with
Bobelina
,
there
hung
a
cage
whence
at
intervals
there
peered
forth
a
white-spotted
blackbird
.
Like
everything
else
in
the
apartment
,
it
bore
a
strong
resemblance
to
Sobakevitch
.
When
host
and
guest
had
been
conversing
for
two
minutes
or
so
the
door
opened
,
and
there
entered
the
hostess
--
a
tall
lady
in
a
cap
adorned
with
ribands
of
domestic
colouring
and
manufacture
.
She
entered
deliberately
,
and
held
her
head
as
erect
as
a
palm
.
"
This
is
my
wife
,
Theodulia
Ivanovna
,
"
said
Sobakevitch
.
Chichikov
approached
and
took
her
hand
.
The
fact
that
she
raised
it
nearly
to
the
level
of
his
lips
apprised
him
of
the
circumstance
that
it
had
just
been
rinsed
in
cucumber
oil
.
"
My
dear
,
allow
me
to
introduce
Paul
Ivanovitch
Chichikov
,
"
added
Sobakevitch
.
"
He
has
the
honour
of
being
acquainted
both
with
our
Governor
and
with
our
Postmaster
.
"
Upon
this
Theodulia
Ivanovna
requested
her
guest
to
be
seated
,
and
accompanied
the
invitation
with
the
kind
of
bow
usually
employed
only
by
actresses
who
are
playing
the
role
of
queens
.
Next
,
she
took
a
seat
upon
the
sofa
,
drew
around
her
her
merino
gown
,
and
sat
thereafter
without
moving
an
eyelid
or
an
eyebrow
.
As
for
Chichikov
,
he
glanced
upwards
,
and
once
more
caught
sight
of
Kanaris
with
his
fat
thighs
and
interminable
moustache
,
and
of
Bobelina
and
the
blackbird
.
For
fully
five
minutes
all
present
preserved
a
complete
silence
--
the
only
sound
audible
being
that
of
the
blackbird
's
beak
against
the
wooden
floor
of
the
cage
as
the
creature
fished
for
grains
of
corn
.
Meanwhile
Chichikov
again
surveyed
the
room
,
and
saw
that
everything
in
it
was
massive
and
clumsy
in
the
highest
degree
;
as
also
that
everything
was
curiously
in
keeping
with
the
master
of
the
house
.
For
example
,
in
one
corner
of
the
apartment
there
stood
a
hazelwood
bureau
with
a
bulging
body
on
four
grotesque
legs
--
the
perfect
image
of
a
bear
.
Also
,
the
tables
and
the
chairs
were
of
the
same
ponderous
,
unrestful
order
,
and
every
single
article
in
the
room
appeared
to
be
saying
either
,
"
I
,
too
,
am
a
Sobakevitch
,
"
or
"
I
am
exactly
like
Sobakevitch
.
"
"
I
heard
speak
of
you
one
day
when
I
was
visiting
the
President
of
the
Council
,
"
said
Chichikov
,
on
perceiving
that
no
one
else
had
a
mind
to
begin
a
conversation
.
"
That
was
on
Thursday
last
.
We
had
a
very
pleasant
evening
.
