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Chapter 5

           Oneofthemwasthatofawomaninamobcapwithfeaturesaslongandasnarrowasacucumber,andtheotherthatofamanwithfeaturesasbroadandasshortastheMoldavianpumpkins(knownasgorlianki)whereofbalallaikithespeciesoflight,two-stringedinstrumentwhichconstitutestheprideandthejoyofthegayyoungfellowoftwentyashesitswinkingandsmilingatthewhite-necked,white-bosomedmaidenswhohavegatheredtolistentohislow-pitchedtinklingarefashioned.Thisscrutinymade,bothfaceswithdrew,andtherecameoutontotheentrancestepsalacqueycladinagreyjacketandastiffbluecollar.ThisfunctionaryconductedChichikovintothehall,wherehewasmetbythemasterofthehousehimself,whorequestedhisguesttoenter,andthenledhimintotheinnerpartofthemansion.

           AcovertglanceatSobakevitchshowedourherothathishostexactlyresembledamoderate-sizedbear.Tocompletetheresemblance,Sobakevitch’slongfrockcoatandbaggytrouserswereoftheprecisecolourofabear’shide,while,whenshufflingacrossthefloor,hemadeacriss-crossmotionofthelegs,andhad,inaddition,aconstanthabitoftreadinguponhiscompanion’stoes.Asforhisface,itwasofthewarm,ardenttintofapiatok23.Personsofthiskindpersonstowhosedesigningnaturehasdevotednotmuchthought,andinthefashioningofwhoseframesshehasusednoinstrumentssodelicateasafileoragimletandsofortharenotuncommon.Suchpersonsshemerelyroughhews.

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