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第11章 the death f a gvernnt clerk(第1页)

tonChekhov

Onefineevening,anolessfinegovernmentclerkcalledIvanDmitritchTchervyakovwassittinginthesecondrowofthestalls,gazingthroughanoeraglassattheClochesdeCorneville。Hegazedandfeltattheacmeofbliss。Butsuddenly。。。Instoriesonesooftenmeetswiththis

"Butsuddenly

"。Theauthorsareright:lifeissofullofsurrises!Butsuddenlyhisfaceuckeredu,hiseyesdisaeared,hisbreathingwasarrested。。。hetooktheoeraglassfromhiseyes,bentoverand。。。

"Atchee!!!

"hesneezedasyouerceive。Itisnotrerehensibleforanyonetosneezeanywhere。Peasantssneezeandsodoolicesuerintendents,andsometimesevenrivycouncillors。Allmensneeze。Tchervyakovwasnotintheleastconfused,hewiedhisfacewithhishandkerchief,andlikeaoliteman,lookedroundtoseewhetherhehaddisturbedanyonebyhissneezing。Butthenhewasovercomewithconfusion。Hesawthatanoldgentlemansittinginfrontofhiminthefirstrowofthestallswascarefullywiinghisbaldheadandhisneckwithhisgloveandmutteringsomethingtohimself。Intheoldgentleman,TchervyakovrecognisedBrizzhalov,aciviliangeneralservingintheDeartmentofTransort。

"Ihavesatteredhim,

"thoughtTchervyakov,

"heisnottheheadofmydeartment,butstillitisawkward。Imustaologise。

"

Tchervyakovgaveacough,benthiswholeersonforward,andwhiseredinthegeneral&aos;sear。

"Pardon,yourExcellency,Isatteredyouaccidentally。。。

"

"Nevermind,nevermind。

"

"Forgoodnesssakeexcuseme,I。。。Ididnotmeanto。

"

"Oh,lease,sitdown!Letmelisten!

"Tchervyakovwasembarrassed,hesmiledstuidlyandfelltogazingatthestage。Hegazedatitbutwasnolongerfeelingbliss。Hebegantobetroubledbyuneasiness。Intheinterval,hewentutoBrizzhalov,walkedbesidehim,andovercominghisshyness,muttered:

"Isatteredyou,yourExcellency,forgiveme。。。yousee。。。Ididn&aos;tdoitto。。。

"

"Oh,that&aos;senough。。。I&aos;dforgottenit,andyoukeeonaboutit!

"saidthegeneral,movinghislowerliimatiently。

"Hehasforgotten,butthereisafiendishlightinhiseye,

"thoughtTchervyakov,lookingsusiciouslyatthegeneral。

"Andhedoesn&aos;twanttotalk。Ioughttoexlaintohim。。。thatIreallydidn&aos;tintend。。。thatitisthelawofnatureorelsehewillthinkImeanttositonhim。Hedoesn&aos;tthinksonow,buthewillthinksolater!

"

Ongettinghome,Tchervyakovtoldhiswifeofhisbreachofgoodmanners。Itstruckhimthathiswifetooktoofrivolousaviewoftheincident;shewasalittlefrightened,butwhenshelearnedthatBrizzhalovwasinadifferentdeartment,shewasreassured。

"Still,youhadbettergoandaologise,

"shesaid,

"orhewillthinkyoudon&aos;tknowhowtobehaveinublic。

"

"That&aos;sjustit!Ididaologise,buthetookitsomehowqueerly。。。hedidn&aos;tsayawordofsense。Therewasn&aos;ttimetotalkroerly。

"

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