Three years ago my sister brought me a few pairs of warm shoes for my sons, and they were such excellent articles! To this day my boys wear them.

And what nice stamped paper you have!" (she had peered into the dispatch-box, where, sure enough, there lay a further store of the paper in question).

"Would you mind letting me have a sheet of it?
I am without any at all, although I shall soon have to be presenting a plea to the land court, and possess not a morsel of paper to write it on." Upon this Chichikov explained that the paper was not the sort proper for the purpose--that it was meant for serf-indenturing, and not for the framing of pleas.

Nevertheless, to quiet her, he gave her a sheet stamped to the value of a rouble.

Next, he handed her the letter to sign, and requested, in return, a list of her peasants.