"There's nothing to blame on the mirror, if the face is crooked."

Officials of the provincial city took the visiting capital's rake for a formidable inspector.

Absolutely incredible and insanely funny story.

Could they have been so mistaken?

Just each of them has something to hide.

One takes bribes. It does not matter that only greyhound puppies. Another steals in large. The third does nothing at all in his workplace.

That's why they are striving to quickly squander money to a very young man who does not look much like an official from the ministry. Little did what! God forbid losing a warm place.

Bad deeds, bad intentions. Flattery, veneration, lying, tabernacle and hypocrisy.

Frivolous wives and daughters of officials are fit for their husbands and fathers. We are ready to flirt and even change with the first counter. They just have a wind in my head!

How they will be dumbfounded when they learn that a real auditor has come to them!

We talked. Now everyone will know about this and will laugh!

Gogol said that he did not invent a single word in this comedy.

"Who are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself. "