itchka rolled out of the gates of the innand the vehicle
began to jolt over the cobblestones. Yet a feeling which he could not
altogether have defined filled his breast as he gazed upon the houses and
the streets and the garden walls which he might never see again. Presently
on turning a cornerthe britchka was brought to a halt through the fact that
along the street there was filing a seemingly endless funeral procession.
Leaning forward in his britchkaChichikov asked Petrushka whose
obsequies the procession representedand was told that they represented
those of the Public Prosecutor.
Disagreeably shockedour hero hastened to raise the hood of the vehicle
to draw the curtains across the windowsand to lean back into a corner.
While the britchka remained thus halted Selifan and Petrushkatheir caps
doffedsat watching the progress of the cortegeafter they had received
strict instructions not to greet any fellow-servant whom they might
recognise. Behind the hearse walked the whole body of tchinovniks
bare-headed; and thoughfor a moment or twoChichikov feared that
some of their number might discern him in his britchkahe need not have
disturbed himselfsince their attention was otherwise engaged. In fact
they
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