Osip: [He gets off the bed. Khelstakov enters. Khelstakov Khelstakov: Go down and ask for something to eat. Khelstakov: Osip: No. The landlord will not let us have it. He says we are swindlers, and he threatens to have you put in prison. Osip: Khelstakov: Go to the devil! Call the landlord. (Osip goes.) How fearfully hungry I am. And I was cheated at cards and cleaned right out at Penza by that infantry captain. What a miserable little town this is. They give no credit at the provision shops. Khelstakov: Osip [Enter Waiter. Waiter Waiter: The landlord asks what you want. Waiter: Khelstakov: Please bring my dinner at once. I must be busy directly I have dined. Khelstakov: CONTENTS The waiter replies that the landlord refuses to supply anything more, and seems likely to complain to the governor. But presently dinner is brought in. To Khlestakov's great consternation Osip announces that the governor has come and is asking for him. Khelstakov: What? The landlord has reported me! I'll put on an aristocratic air, and ask him how he dares—— Khelstakov:
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