* * * * *
A Councillor of State; it came out after his death that, in order to earn a rouble, he was employed at the theatre to bark like a dog; he was poor.
* * * * *
You must have decent, well-dressed children, and your children too must have a nice house and children, and their children again children and nice houses; and what is it all for?—The devil knows.
* * * * *
Perkaturin.
* * * * *
Every day he forces himself to vomit—for the sake of his health, on the advice of a friend.
* * * * *
A Government official began to live an original life; a very tall chimney on his house, green trousers, blue waistcoat, a dyed dog, dinner at midnight; after a week he gave it up.