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"
Nevertheless
--
"
Chichikov
adopted
a
firmer
and
more
decided
tone
.
"
I
repeat
that
there
would
be
no
scandal
,
"
he
said
.
"
The
transaction
would
take
place
as
between
good
friends
,
and
as
between
friends
of
mature
age
,
and
as
between
friends
of
good
status
,
and
as
between
friends
who
know
how
to
keep
their
own
counsel
.
"
And
,
so
saying
,
he
looked
his
interlocutor
frankly
and
generously
in
the
eyes
.
Nevertheless
Lienitsin
's
resourcefulness
and
acumen
in
business
matters
failed
to
relieve
his
mind
of
a
certain
perplexity
--
and
the
less
so
since
he
had
contrived
to
become
caught
in
his
own
net
.
Yet
,
in
general
,
he
possessed
neither
a
love
for
nor
a
talent
for
underhand
dealings
,
and
,
had
not
fate
and
circumstances
favoured
Chichikov
by
causing
Lienitsin
's
wife
to
enter
the
room
at
that
moment
,
things
might
have
turned
out
very
differently
from
what
they
did
.
Madame
was
a
pale
,
thin
,
insignificant-looking
young
lady
,
but
none
the
less
a
lady
who
wore
her
clothes
a
la
St.
Petersburg
,
and
cultivated
the
society
of
persons
who
were
unimpeachably
comme
il
faut
.
Behind
her
,
borne
in
a
nurse
's
arms
,
came
the
first
fruits
of
the
love
of
husband
and
wife
.
Adopting
his
most
telling
method
of
approach
(
the
method
accompanied
with
a
sidelong
inclination
of
the
head
and
a
sort
of
hop
)
,
Chichikov
hastened
to
greet
the
lady
from
the
metropolis
,
and
then
the
baby
.
At
first
the
latter
started
to
bellow
disapproval
,
but
the
words
"
Agoo
,
agoo
,
my
pet
!
"
added
to
a
little
cracking
of
the
fingers
and
a
sight
of
a
beautiful
seal
on
a
watch
chain
,
enabled
Chichikov
to
weedle
the
infant
into
his
arms
;
after
which
he
fell
to
swinging
it
up
and
down
until
he
had
contrived
to
raise
a
smile
on
its
face
--
a
circumstance
which
greatly
delighted
the
parents
,
and
finally
inclined
the
father
in
his
visitor
's
favour
.
Suddenly
,
however
--
whether
from
pleasure
or
from
some
other
cause
--
the
infant
misbehaved
itself
!
"
My
God
!
"
cried
Madame
.
"
He
has
gone
and
spoilt
your
frockcoat
!
"
True
enough
,
on
glancing
downwards
,
Chichikov
saw
that
the
sleeve
of
his
brand-new
garment
had
indeed
suffered
a
hurt
.
"
If
I
could
catch
you
alone
,
you
little
devil
,
"
he
muttered
to
himself
,
"
I
'd
shoot
you
!
"
Host
,
hostess
and
nurse
all
ran
for
eau-de-Cologne
,
and
from
three
sides
set
themselves
to
rub
the
spot
affected
.
"
Never
mind
,
never
mind
;
it
is
nothing
,
"
said
Chichikov
as
he
strove
to
communicate
to
his
features
as
cheerful
an
expression
as
possible
.
"
What
does
it
matter
what
a
child
may
spoil
during
the
golden
age
of
its
infancy
?
"
To
himself
he
remarked
:
"
The
little
brute
!
Would
it
could
be
devoured
by
wolves
.
It
has
made
only
too
good
a
shot
,
the
cussed
young
ragamuffin
!
"
