Also, it might be well to try him with an egg pie.

We make then nicely here, and they do not take long in the making." So she departed to translate her thoughts into action, as well as to supplement the pie with other products of the domestic cuisine; while, for his part, Chichikov returned to the drawing-room where he had spent the night, in order to procure from his dispatch-box the necessary writing-paper.

The room had now been set in order, the sumptuous feather bed removed, and a table set before the sofa.

Depositing his dispatch-box upon the table, he heaved a gentle sigh on becoming aware that he was so soaked with perspiration that he might almost have been dipped in a river.

Everything, from his shirt to his socks, was dripping.