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.