迪文小说

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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