Dead Souls - Gogol Nikolai Vasilievich.pdf - Cove Systems

their Governor has done for them!"
Next, after inquiring of a gendarme as to the
best ways and means of finding the local
council, the local law-courts, and the local
Governor, should he (Chichikov) have need of
them, the gentleman went on to inspect the
river which ran through the town. En route he
tore off a notice affixed to a post, in order that
he might the more conveniently read it after
his return to the inn. Also, he bestowed upon a
lady of pleasant exterior who, escorted by a
footman laden with a bundle, happened to be
passing along a wooden sidewalk a prolonged
stare. Lastly, he threw around him a
comprehensive glance (as though to fix in his
mind the general topography of the place) and
betook himself home. There, gently aided by
the waiter, he ascended the stairs to his
bedroom, drank a glass of tea, and, seating
himself at the table, called for a candle; which
having been brought him, he produced from
his pocket the notice, held it close to the flame,
and conned its tenour--slightly contracting his