Мертвые души

Chapter 8

           Forwhatgooddoesonegetoutofballs?Supposethatacompetentwriterweretodescribesuchasceneexactlyasitstands?Why,eveninabookitwouldseemsenseless,evenasitcertainlyisinlife.Are,therefore,suchfunctionsrightorwrong?Onewouldanswerthatthedevilaloneknows,andthenspitandclosethebook.”

           SuchweretheunfavourablecommentswhichChichikovpasseduponballsingeneral.Withitall,however,therewentasecondsourceofdissatisfaction.Thatistosay,hisprincipalgrudgewasnotsomuchagainstballsasagainstthefactthatatthisparticularonehehadbeenexposed,hehadbeenmadetodisclosethecircumstancethathehadbeenplayingastrange,anambiguouspart.Ofcourse,whenhereviewedthecontretempsinthelightofpurereason,hecouldnotbutseethatitmatterednothing,andthatafewrudewordswereofnoaccountnowthatthechiefpointhadbeenattained;yetmanisanoddcreature,andChichikovactuallyfeltpainedbythecold-shoulderingadministeredtohimbypersonsforwhomhehadnotanatomofrespect,andwhosevanityandloveofdisplayhehadonlythatmomentbeencensuring.Stillmore,onviewingthematterclearly,hefeltvexedtothinkthathehimselfhadbeensolargelythecauseofthecatastrophe.

           YethewasnotangrywithHIMSELFofthatyoumaybesure,seeingthatallofushaveaslightweaknessforsparingourownfaults,andalwaysdoourbesttofindsomefellow-creatureuponwhomtoventourdispleasurewhetherthatfellow-creaturebeaservant,asubordinateofficial,orawife.

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