the woman, but he is caught with the woman in his arms and is flogged. Pirogov is at first furious and determined to seek revenge, but he is mollified by eating puff pastries, reading a reactionary newspaper and spending an evening dancing. The story concludes with the narrator's warning that "Nevsky Prospekt deceives at all hours of the day, but the worst time of all is at night... when the devil himself is abroad, kindling the street-lamps with one purpose only: to show everything in a false light." Notes References Gogol, Nikolai. The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol. Trans: Constance Garnett. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1985. External links Online text from public-library.ru Short stories by Nikolai Gogol 1835 short stories