[1] It would be neccessary to invent them. [2] I've seen the shadow of a coachman rubbing the shadow of a coach with
the shadow of a brush.
[3] In Russian, silen.
[4] All this is filthiness.
[5] Thank you, madam, I want nothing.
[6] Grushenka.
[7] Professions of faith.
[8] I have spoken. [9] i.e. setter dog. [10] 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.
[11] Little miss.
[12] Let the women knit.
[13] i.e. a chime of bells.
[14] There's no disputing ideas. [15] Fiftyish. [16] I am Satan, and deem nothing human alien to me.
[17] It's new, isn't it?
[18] But after all, that's stupid.
[19] Bread and circuses.
[20] Gogol. [21] Stockade.