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Chapter 26

           ButatthatinstantanoblemanofSergeyIvanovitch’spartysaidthathehadheardthatthecommitteehadnotverifiedtheaccounts,consideringsuchaverificationaninsulttothemarshaloftheprovince.Oneofthemembersofthecommitteeincautiouslyadmittedthis.Thenasmallgentleman,veryyoung-lookingbutverymalignant,begantosaythatitwouldprobablybeagreeabletothemarshaloftheprovincetogiveanaccountofhisexpendituresofthepublicmoneys,andthatthemisplaceddelicacyofthemembersofthecommitteewasdeprivinghimofthismoralsatisfaction.Thenthemembersofthecommitteetriedtowithdrawtheiradmission,andSergeyIvanovitchbegantoprovethattheymustlogicallyadmiteitherthattheyhadverifiedtheaccountsorthattheyhadnot,andhedevelopedthisdilemmaindetail.SergeyIvanovitchwasansweredbythespokesmanoftheoppositeparty.ThenSviazhskyspoke,andthenthemalignantgentlemanagain.Thediscussionlastedalongtimeandendedinnothing.Levinwassurprisedthattheyshoulddisputeuponthissubjectsolong,especiallyas,whenheaskedSergeyIvanovitchwhetherhesupposedthatmoneyhadbeenmisappropriated,SergeyIvanovitchanswered:

           “Oh,no!He’sanhonestman.Butthoseold-fashionedmethodsofpaternalfamilyarrangementsinthemanagementofprovincialaffairsmustbebrokendown.”

           Onthefifthdaycametheelectionsofthedistrictmarshals.Itwasratherastormydayinseveraldistricts.IntheSeleznevskydistrictSviazhskywaselectedunanimouslywithoutaballot,andhegaveadinnerthatevening.

           

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