any lout of a country squire pays them a visit, he stalks
straight into the drawing-room like a bear. Then you
step up to one of their pretty girls and say: "Dee-lighted,
madam." [Rubs his hands and bows.] Phew!
[Spits.] I feel positively sick, I'm so hungry.



SCENE VI


Khlestakov, Osip, and later the Servant.

KHLESTAKOV. Well?

OSIP. They're bringing dinner.

KHLESTAKOV [claps his hands and wriggles in his
chair]. Dinner, dinner, dinner!

SERVANT [with plates and napkin]. This is the last
time the landlord will let you have dinner.

KHLESTAKOV. The landlord, the landlord! I spit on
your landlord. What have you got there?

SERVANT. Soup and roast beef.

KHLESTAKOV. What! Only two courses?