Footnotes

[1]

In Russian, "silen."

[2]

A proverbial expression in Russia.

[3]

Grushenka.

[4]

i.e. setter dog.

[5]

Probably the public event was the Decabrist plot against the Tsar, of December 1825, in which the most distinguished men in Russia were concerned.—TRANSLATOR’S NOTE.

[6]

When a monk’s body is carried out from the cell to the church and from the church to the graveyard, the canticle "What earthly joy…" is sung. If the deceased was a priest as well as a monk the canticle "Our Helper and Defender" is sung instead.

[7]

i.e. a chime of bells.

[8]

Literally: "Did you get off with a long nose made at you?"—a proverbial expression in Russia for failure.

[9]

Gogol is meant.