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Chapter 11

           Petersburg;consequentlytheirestatesaregoingtorackandruin,andbeingmanagedinanysortoffashion,andsucceedinginpayingtheirdueswithgreaterdifficultyeachyear.Thatbeingso,notamanofthelotbutwouldgladlysurrendertomehisdeadsoulsratherthancontinuepayingthepoll-tax;andinthisfashionImightmakewell,notafewkopecks.Ofcoursetherearedifficulties,and,toavoidcreatingascandal,Ishouldneedtoemployplentyoffinesse;butmanwasgivenhisbraintoUSE,nottoneglect.Onegoodpointabouttheschemeisthatitwillseemsoimprobablethatincaseofanaccident,nooneintheworldwillbelieveinit.True,itisillegaltobuyormortgagepeasantswithoutland,butIcaneasilypretendtobebuyingthemonlyfortransfermentelsewhere.LandistobeacquiredintheprovincesofTauridaandKhersonalmostfornothing,providedthatoneundertakessubsequentlytocoloniseit;sotoKhersonIwill‘transfer’them,andlongmaytheylivethere!Andtheremovalofmydeadsoulsshallbecarriedoutinthestrictestlegalform;andiftheauthoritiesshouldwantconfirmationbytestimony,IshallproducealettersignedbymyownsuperintendentoftheKhersonianruralpolicethatistosay,bymyself.Lastly,thesupposedvillageinKhersonshallbecalledChichikovoebetterstillPavlovskoe,accordingtomyChristianname.

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