KHLESTAKOV [showing off]. Excuse me, madam, on
the contrary, my pleasure is the greater.

ANNA. Impossible. You condescend to say it to compliment
me. Won't you please sit down?

KHLESTAKOV. Just to stand near you is bliss. But
if you insist, I will sit down. I am so, so happy to be at
your side at last.

ANNA. I beg your pardon, but I dare not take all the
nice things you say to myself. I suppose you must have
found travelling very unpleasant after living in the capital.

KHLESTAKOV. Extremely unpleasant. I am accustomed,
comprenez-vous, to life in the fashionable world,
and suddenly to find myself on the road, in dirty inns
with dark rooms and rude people--I confess that if it
were not for this chance which--[giving Anna a look
and showing off] compensated me for everything--

ANNA. It must really have been extremely unpleasant
for you.

KHLESTAKOV. At this moment, however, I find it exceedingly
pleasant, madam.

ANNA. Oh, I cannot believe it. You do me much
honor. I don't deserve it.