That is to say, had not the author pried over-deeply into Chichikov's soul, nor stirred up in its depths what shunned and lay hidden from the light, nor disclosed those of his hero's thoughts which that hero would have not have disclosed even to his most intimate friend; had the author, indeed, exhibited Chichikov just as he exhibited himself to the townsmen of N.
Autoreak haren ariman gehiegi sakondu ez balu, arimaren hondoan argitik babesten eta gordetzen diren alorrak irauli ez balitu, gizabanakoak inori jakinarazten ez dizkion pentsamendu ezkutuak agerian jarri ez balitu, eta, hori egin beharrean, Manilovi eta hiriko beste biztanle guztiei agertzen zitzaien bezalakoxea erakutsi izan balu Txitxikov, gogobeterik geratuko ziratekeen denak eta gizon interesgarritzat hartuko zuketen.