stepped on my foot.

ARTEMY. Look out, gentlemen, look out. Give me
a chance to atone for my sins. You are squeezing me
to death.

Exclamations of "Oh! Oh!" Finally they all push
through the door, and the stage is left empty.



SCENE II


Enter Khlestakov, looking sleepy.

KHLESTAKOV [alone]. I seem to have had a fine
snooze. Where did they get those mattresses and
feather beds from? I even perspired. After the meal
yesterday they must have slipped something into me
that knocked me out. I still feel a pounding in my
head. I see I can have a good time here. I like hospitality,
and I must say I like it all the more if people
entertain me out of a pure heart and not from interested
motives. The Governor's daughter is not a bad one
at all, and the mother is also a woman you can still--
I don't know, but I do like this sort of life.