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The muzhiks who had belonged to Korobochka almost all had additions and nicknames. Plyushkin’s list was distinguished by brevity of style: often only the initial letters of names and patronymics were put down, and then two dots. Sobakevich’s register was striking in its extraordinary fullness and thoroughness; not one of the muzhik’s qualities was omitted: “good cabinetmaker” was said of one; “knows what he’s about, and never touches the liquor” was added to another. It was also thoroughly noted who the father and mother were and how they had behaved themselves; only for a certain Fedotov it
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Pyotr Saveliev Disrespect-Trough,
Korobochka.
Cork Stepan, carpenter,
thousand-rouble banknote
Maxim Telyatnikov, cobbler.
Elizaveta Sparrow.
“Grigory Go-never-get!
Eh, Russian folk! they don’t like dying a natural death!
Plyushkin’s runaway souls
police captain says,
police captain
police captain,
police captain,
the police captain,
Tsarevokokshaisk to the prison
where is Fyrov now?
Chichikov
Scottish costume
government offices
it was Manilov.
he held Chichikov’s hand
Chichikov opened his mouth,
Chichikov bowed in gratitude.
Chichikov was abashed,
The friends did not so much walk as run up the stairs, because Chichikov, trying to elude the supporting arm from Manilov’s side, kept quickening his pace, while Manilov, on his side, rushed ahead, trying to keep Chichikov from tiring himself, with the result that they were both quite breathless as they entered the dark corridor.
Our heroes saw lots of paper, rough drafts and fair copies, bent heads, broad napes, tailcoats, frock coats of a provincial cut, and even simply some light gray jacket, which stood out quite sharply, its head twisted to one side and almost lying on the paper as it traced, deftly and boldly, some protocol on an appropriation of land or the perquisition of an estate taken over by some peaceful landowner, who was quietly living out his life under lawsuit and had acquired children and grandchildren for himself under its protection, and they heard scraps of short phrases, uttered in a hoarse voice:
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Chichikov and Manilov
Chichikov saw at once
Chichikov and Manilov
The old man
The old
Chichikov said
Ivan Antonovich
Ivan Antonovich
said Chichikov.
Ivan Antonovich.
Ivan Antonovich
Ivan Antonovich,
Ivan Antonovich,
Ivan Antonovich,
Virgil once offered his services to Dante,
Sobakevich
Sobakevich, too,
purchase by Sobakevich,
Sobakevich and Manilov,
said the magistrate,
said the magistrate.
Sobakevich sank
Chichikov and the magistrate
