dead souls, imperial envoy

Chapter 56 The Imperial Envoy (8)
Mayor Ouch, God!It's not my fault, I'm not wrong in spirit or body!Don't be angry!Just do what you want!In my head now... I don't know what the hell is going on myself.Now my mind is in a mess like never before.

Ann then you bless them, pray for them!

[Khlesdakoff and Maria Antonovna approach. ]
Mayor, may God bless you with happiness and sweetness!I am not wrong! (Khlesdakoff and Maria Antonovna kiss. The Mayor looks at them.) Damn!It really is! (wipes eyes) How about a kiss!Oh my god, they were kissing!Same with fiancé. (shouting, jumping with joy) Anton!Anton!You are saved this time!

▲No.16

[Players and Osip]
The carriage is ready, master.

He's good... I'm leaving now.

What about the mayor?do you want to go
Yes, I'm leaving.

Mayor, when will you... when will you marry my daughter?
Hey, this... I'm going out this time for a short time, and it only takes a day. I need to go to my uncle's house - he is a rich old man.I'll be back tomorrow.

Alright mayor, then I won't keep you here, I hope you will come back as soon as possible.

Hey, of course, of course.Goodbye, dear... No, I can't even describe how I feel right now!Goodbye, dear baby! (kisses Marya Antonovna's hand)

Mayor, what do you need on the road?You don't seem to have enough money with you, do you?

No, no, enough money. (Think about it for a while) But it's good to take a little more, just in case something happens.

How much is appropriate for the mayor?
Heh, you gave me two hundred that time, not two hundred, but four hundred,--you made a mistake, I'm not as confused as you,--well, let's just take another four hundred and make it eight hundred .

Hello Mayor!OK! (Takes out of wallet) Look, I just happen to have the latest bills here.

Hey, ok, ok! (takes the bill and examines it) Very nice bill.People say that you can get good luck with new banknotes, isn't it?

Mayor Yes, there is such a statement.

Farewell, Anton Antonovich!Thank you very much for your hospitality.I really want to say this from the bottom of my heart: I have never been treated so well anywhere.Farewell, Anna Andreevna!Farewell, my love, Maria Antonovna! (Let's go together, behind the scenes)
Farewell, my angel36—Maria Antonovna!
Mayor, what's the matter with you?Have you always been in this carriage?

Heh yes, I'm used to it.I'd get a headache riding a spring buggy.

Groom shhhhhhhhhh

The mayor should at least cover it with something, even a carpet.Shall I order them to fetch a rug?
Hey no, no need.Oh, I thought it might be better to get a rug to cover it.

Hello, Mayor, Avdokiya!Go to the storeroom and get one of the best rugs,--Lake's Edge, made in Persia, quick!
Groom shhhhhhhhhh

Mayor, when are you coming back?
He is either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Oh is this the carpet?Get it here, put it like this!Now put a little hay on this end.

Groom shhhhhhhhhh

O put it here!here!Play a little more!All right!great! (hitting the carpet) Sit down now, my lord!
Farewell, Anton Antonovich!

Goodbye mayor, my lord!

[Woman's voice: Good-bye, Ivan Alexandrovitch! ]
Bye bye, mother!
Come on, groom, run, my dear pony!

[The small bells ring together, and the curtain falls. ]
◎Act [-]
[Same room as last scene]
▲The first scene

[Mayor, Anna Andreevna and Maria Antonovna]
How about the mayor, Anna Andreevna?Can you imagine it?It's like winning the first prize, luck has come like this, to be honest, you must have never had such glory in your life!You didn't even dream of it—an ordinary, mayor's woman, and suddenly...you bastard! ...Suddenly became the mother-in-law of a senior state official!

No, I've already expected it.You are so strange, an ordinary person like you, who has never seen much of the world, is surprised when something happens to you.

Mayor I am not an ordinary person.Just think, Anna Andreevna, you and I are here today!Hell, there will be today!Wait a minute, now I'm going to give some color to those people who like to hand in whistleblowers!hello, who's there? (police enters) Hello, Ivan Karpavich!Call those merchants!I want to clean up these gangsters!Let them sue me!What a detestable Jew!Just wait and see, I used to be polite to you, now I can not be polite.You write down all the people who came to denounce me, especially the clerks who wrote the complaints for these people.Tell them, let them know that God has bestowed great honor upon the mayor, and that his daughter is about to marry the minister, to a man who can do anything in this world!Go tell everyone about it and let everyone know about it.Broadcast it to the whole city, strike the clock a few times, and if you are proud of it, you should be proud of it. (Exit the policeman) So be it, Anna Andreevna!What should we do now?Where should I live?Continue here, or go to Petersburg?

Ann naturally wanted to live in Petersburg, how could she stay in such a small place?
The mayor is right, I will live in Petersburg.In fact, it is also very good here.I think I, the mayor, can just resign. What do you think, Anna Andreevna?
Ann of course!What does it mean to be mayor?
Mayor Anna Andreevna, I can get a big job now, because our uncle is good friends with all the ministers, and often goes to the palace.Therefore, my official position will definitely become bigger and bigger, and I will even slowly rise to the position of general.What do you think, Anna Andreevna, that I can rise to the rank of general?

Ann of course!It didn't work before, but it will be certain in the future.

It's a good thing for the mayor to be a general, with a ribbon on his shoulders.Which ribbon is better?Anna Andreevna, red or lake 37?

An naturally has a better lake color.

The mayor didn't expect you to like the color of lakes!In fact, the red ribbon is also very good.What a grand thing to be a general--wherever you go, there will be orderlies and adjutants running ahead: "Get the horses ready!" No one can get a horse at the post station, everyone has to wait.These people are all civil servants, captains and mayors, and you don't have to worry about their feelings at all.You can eat at the governor's, but a small mayor can't eat like that in his life!Hahaha! (Laughing out of breath) It's exciting even thinking about it, this bad thing!

Ann, you just like to speak foul words.You should remember that you must completely change your behavior, so that your friends will no longer be dog-loving judges, and you will no longer be Zemlyanikas if you know how to go rabbit hunting with him.Your friends will be elegant earls, and respectable upper-class people... But I really worry about you, you sometimes say things that upper-class people can never say.

Mayor what?It's okay to say a few words wrong now and then.

When you were mayor, it was okay; but when we got there, we had to change.

Alright mayor, let's change that.I heard that there are two kinds of fish there: carp and sweetfish. They taste so fresh that they will spit out when you eat them.

An, look at you, I just want to eat fish, but I want to make our home a first-class family in the capital. My room is so fragrant that I can't walk in, so I have to close my eyes and move forward. (squinting, and sniffing) Oh, how wonderful!

▲Second game
[Characters and merchants]
Mayors, hello!

Merchants (bowing) How do you do, my lord!
Mayor, how are you all?Are the goods selling well?Why are you people suing me?You liars, bastards!Did you win your case against me?I know what you think, you want to send me to prison!Do you know that seven ghosts and a witch fell into your teeth, do you still want to live...

Ann, yo, God!Anton, what are you talking about!

The mayor (with an unhappy expression) can't control what to say now!Do you know that the official you went to sue is about to marry my daughter now, and will soon become my son-in-law, how about it?What can you say now?I can take care of you now! ... You deceived the people... signed a contract with the state treasury to undertake the tattered woolen cloth, defrauded 10 yuan, and later donated [-] zhang, and received a reward for it!If these things of yours are known to others, you...you dare to hold your stomach and say that I am a businessman, and no one dares to move.He also said: "We are no worse than the nobles." You must know that the nobles study science. Although they are beaten in school, they are doing business.They know what's good.What are you?You are liars from the beginning.The boss beats you because you won't lie.When you were a child, before you knew how to read, you learned how to weigh things that were not enough; when your belly gradually grew and your pockets gradually filled up, you became a master of deception.You are the kind of people I have never seen!Don't think that if you drink tea sixteen times a day, you can put on airs and be a domineering power!I don't care what you look like, I despise you from the bottom of my heart!
Merchants (bowing) We were wrong, Anton Antonovich!
Does the mayor want to sue me?The bridge you built said that [-] rubles of materials were needed in the report, but in fact, the materials of [-] rubles were not used. Who helped you hide it?I helped you, you goatee!Have you forgotten?If I denounce you, I can also send you to Siberia.Well, you have nothing to say, right?
A certain merchant I was wrong, Anton Antonovich!The devil has captivated my heart, and my bowels of regret have been cleared.You can do whatever you want, just don't be angry anymore!
Don't be angry, the mayor?You now kneel at my feet begging for mercy.Why? ——Just because I have the advantage, if you have the advantage, you will definitely push me into the mud and pile a stone on it.

Merchants (with a deep bow) Forgive us, Anton Antonovich!
The mayor "spare your life!" Now he knows "spare your life!" But why didn't he think about it before?I really want to put you... (with a wave of hand) Forget it, for God's sake, God forgive you!I don't hold a grudge.You all pay attention to me, your ears are pricked up!My daughter is marrying a high-ranking official of no small importance: you must prepare a congratulatory gift... Do you understand?You can't get away with a bit of white fish or a candy bar... get out of here.

[The merchants exit. ]
▲The third game
[Players, Judge, Director of Charity Hospital, and Las Dakowski]
Judge (standing at the door) Anton Antonovich?Has a special happy event happened to you?
The administrator's special happy event should be congratulated.After I heard it, I was very happy from the bottom of my heart. (Goes up to Anna Andreevna and shakes hands with her) Anna Andreevna! (holds hands with Maria Antonovna) Maria Antonovna!

Pull (in) Anton Antonovich, congratulations.May God give you and the future newlyweds happiness and well-being, and may your children and grandchildren be full and live long!Anna Andreevna! (holds hands with Anna Andreevna) Maria Antonovna! (holds hands with Maria Antonovna)
▲The fourth game
[Characters on stage, Guo Luobojin and his wife, Lu Lukuofu]
Guo Anton Antonovich, congratulations, congratulations!Anna, Andreevna! (shakes hands with Anna Andreevna) Maria Antonovna! (Shakes hands with Maria Antonovna)
Congratulations to you, Anna Andreevna.

Congratulations, Anna Andreevna! (Goes to shake hands, turns to audience, clicks tongue, pretends to be no one else) Maria Antonovna!Congratulations! (walks up to shake hands, does the same to the audience)

▲Fifth game
[Many guests in dresses and tailcoats go up to Anna Andreevna, shake hands with her, say: "Anna Andreevna!" and then go up to Maria Antonovna and say : "Maria Antonovna!" Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky pushed the crowd away and walked over. ]
Congratulations Bao, congratulations!

Say Anton, Antonovich!Congratulations!

Bao congratulations, congratulations!

Doana Andreevna!

Boana Andreevna!

Domaria Antonovna! (shakes hands) Congratulations.You will definitely get the greatest happiness, wear golden clothes, eat all kinds of exquisite food, and live a very interesting life.

BAO (interrupting) Maria Antonovna!May God give you all kinds of wealth, and lovely children, so big! (Compare with your hands) It can be held in the palm of your hand!These adorable babes will yell: Whoa!Wow!Wow!

▲The sixth game
[A few more guests come to shake hands.The inspector and his wife stepped forward. ]
Inspector congratulations, congratulations...

INSPECTOR'S WIFE (runs forward) Congratulations, Anna Andreevna! (Kissing each other) What a pleasure.They said: "Anna Andreevna's daughter is married"—"Oh, that's wonderful!"—I kept thinking about it, and said to my husband: "Look, Rodya, Anna Andreevna is so blessed!" I thought to myself: "God has blessed me!" Then I said to him: "I am so happy, I am so happy that I want to see Anna Andreevna in person. Congratulations to Ivna!..." I thought again: "Oh, Anna Andreevna has always hoped to choose a good husband for her daughter, and now she has such a piece of luck: everything has come true." I said with joy. I am speechless.I was so moved to tears that I couldn't make a sound.Roja Rokić said: "Why are you crying, Naschenka?"—I said: "Roga, I don't know, tears just flow like a river."

Mayor, please take a seat, everyone!Mishka, bring more chairs!Let the guests sit down.

▲The seventh game
[Characters on stage, chief of police station and policemen]
Section Chief Congratulations, my lord.

Mayor Thank you, thank you, please sit down!Everyone, please sit down.

Judge, Anton Antonovich, how did this start?How far has this matter developed?
The mayor went so well that he proposed in person.

Ann in a very respectful, thoughtful way.His language is beautiful and beautiful.He said: "Anna Andreevna, I have great admiration for your qualities." He was a very fine, educated man, with upright rules of conduct! —"Believe it or not, Anna Andreevna, my life is worth a penny to me. Your noble qualities are what I admire."

Mama!This is what he said to me.

Ann, don't interrupt, what do you know, don't interrupt if it's not your own business!His words are very sweet—"Anna Andreevna, you impress me." He said something flattering... When I was about to say "We dare not climb high," he suddenly knelt down and said With the utmost dignity said: "Anna Andreevna! Don't make me unlucky! Promise me, otherwise, I may commit suicide for it."

Mama, he said this to me.

Ann Of course... I told you that too, and I don't deny that.

Mayor, do you know?He even threatened us that if we didn't agree we would shoot ourselves. "I'm going to kill myself, and I'll do what I say!"—he said.

What about the guests, and then what?

Judge really?He really?
Inspector Really, that's God's plan.

Admins are not God's order, man!It has nothing to do with God, it is the result of fate. (Narrator) This bastard, why did all the good things happen to him.

Judge Anton Antonovich, I may be able to sell you the dog you want.

Mayor No, I don't care about the male dog right now.

Judge if you don't want to buy this dog, you can pick another one.

Guo's wife, Anna Andreevna, I am so envious of your happiness!The excitement is indescribable.

Excuse me, Guo, where are the VIPs now? I heard that I have something to go out.

Mayor: Yes, he has important business to go to the outer city for a day, and he will be back soon.

(End of this chapter)