XXVI + 

Bringing his partner corpulent + 

Fat Poustiakoff drove to the door; + 

Gvozdine, a landlord excellent, + 

Oppressor of the wretched poor; + 

And the Skatènines, aged pair, + 

With all their progeny were there, + 

Who from two years to thirty tell; + 

Pétòushkoff, the provincial swell; + 

Bouyànoff too, my cousin, wore + 

His wadded coat and cap with peak + 

(Surely you know him as I speak); + 

And Fliànoff, pensioned councillor, + 

Rogue and extortioner of yore, + 

Now buffoon, glutton, and a bore. + 