Мертвые души
Chapter 10
MeanwhileChichikovknewnothingoftheseevents;for,havingcontractedaslightchill,coupledwithasorethroat,hehaddecidedtokeephisroomforthreedays;duringwhichtimehegargledhisthroatwithmilkandfigjuice,consumedthefruitfromwhichthejuicehadbeenextracted,andworearoundhisneckapoulticeofcamomileandcamphor.Also,towhileawaythehours,hemadenewandmoredetailedlistsofthesoulswhichhehadbought,perusedaworkbytheDuchessedelaValliere36,rummagedinhisportmanteau,lookedthroughvariousarticlesandpaperswhichhediscoveredinhisdispatch-box,andfoundeveryoneoftheseoccupationstedious.Norcouldheunderstandwhynoneofhisofficialfriendshadcometoseehimandinquireafterhishealth,seeingthat,notlongsince,therehadbeenstandinginfrontoftheinnthedrozhkisbothofthePostmaster,thePublicProsecutor,andthePresidentoftheCouncil.Hewonderedandwondered,andthen,withashrugofhisshoulders,felltopacingtheroom.Atlengthhefeltbetter,andhisspiritsroseattheprospectofoncemoregoingoutintothefreshair;wherefore,havingshavedaplentifulgrowthofhairfromhisface,hedressedwithsuchalacrityasalmosttocauseasplitinhistrousers,sprinkledhimselfwitheau-de-Cologne,andwrappinghimselfinwarmclothes,andturningupthecollarofhiscoat,salliedforthintothestreet.
