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Yeah. That and when Manilov called for the Steward, and then agreed with everything he said, as though the himself knew it all along.
Chichikov: How many peasents have died since the last census?
Manilov: Yes, how many?
Steward: Who knows? Quite a lot.
Manilov: Yes, I confess, I thought so myself! Quite a lot, yes. Exactly, quite a lot.
Chichikov: How many for instance?
Steward: Who knows how many? Its not known what number have died. No one counted.
Manilov: Yes, precisely. I thought so too, a high morality; its quite unknowm how many have died.
What a great fucking character.
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