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"
Pardon
me
,
"
expostulated
Chichikov
,
"
but
that
procedure
will
take
up
a
great
deal
of
time
.
Why
need
I
put
the
matter
into
writing
at
all
?
It
is
simply
this
.
I
want
a
few
souls
which
are
--
well
,
which
are
,
so
to
speak
,
dead
.
"
"
Very
good
,
"
commented
the
Colonel
.
"
Do
you
write
down
in
your
Statement
of
Plea
that
the
souls
which
you
desire
are
,
'
so
to
speak
,
dead
.
"'
"
But
what
would
be
the
use
of
my
doing
so
?
Though
the
souls
are
dead
,
my
purpose
requires
that
they
should
be
represented
as
alive
.
"
"
Very
good
,
"
again
commented
the
Colonel
.
"
Do
you
write
down
in
your
Statement
that
'
it
is
necessary
'
(
or
,
should
you
prefer
an
alternative
phrase
,
'
it
is
requested
,
'
or
'
it
is
desiderated
,
'
or
'
it
is
prayed
,
'
)
'
that
the
souls
be
represented
as
alive
.
'
At
all
events
,
WITHOUT
documentary
process
of
that
kind
,
the
matter
can
not
possibly
be
carried
through
.
Also
,
I
will
appoint
a
Commissioner
to
guide
you
round
the
various
Offices
.
"
And
he
sounded
a
bell
;
whereupon
there
presented
himself
a
man
whom
,
addressing
as
"
Secretary
,
"
the
Colonel
instructed
to
summon
the
"
Commissioner
.
"
The
latter
,
on
appearing
,
was
seen
to
have
the
air
,
half
of
a
peasant
,
half
of
an
official
.
"
This
man
,
"
the
Colonel
said
to
Chichikov
,
"
will
act
as
your
escort
.
"
What
could
be
done
with
a
lunatic
like
Koshkarev
?
In
the
end
,
curiosity
moved
Chichikov
to
accompany
the
Commissioner
.
The
Committee
for
the
Reception
of
Reports
and
Returns
was
discovered
to
have
put
up
its
shutters
,
and
to
have
locked
its
doors
,
for
the
reason
that
the
Director
of
the
Committee
had
been
transferred
to
the
newly-formed
Committee
of
Estate
Management
,
and
his
successor
had
been
annexed
by
the
same
Committee
.
Next
,
Chichikov
and
his
escort
rapped
at
the
doors
of
the
Department
of
Estate
Affairs
;
but
that
Department
's
quarters
happened
to
be
in
a
state
of
repair
,
and
no
one
could
be
made
to
answer
the
summons
save
a
drunken
peasant
from
whom
not
a
word
of
sense
was
to
be
extracted
.
At
length
the
escort
felt
himself
moved
to
remark
:
"
There
is
a
deal
of
foolishness
going
on
here
.
Fellows
like
that
drunkard
lead
the
barin
by
the
nose
,
and
everything
is
ruled
by
the
Committee
of
Management
,
which
takes
men
from
their
proper
work
,
and
sets
them
to
do
any
other
it
likes
.
Indeed
,
only
through
the
Committee
does
ANYTHING
get
done
.
"
By
this
time
Chichikov
felt
that
he
had
seen
enough
;
wherefore
he
returned
to
the
Colonel
,
and
informed
him
that
the
Office
for
the
Reception
of
Reports
and
Returns
had
ceased
to
exist
.
At
once
the
Colonel
flamed
to
noble
rage
.
