Chapter X Summary

Golyadkin suffers a bad night and has a series of nightmares. In all of them, there are his doubles, often taking the attention away from Golyadkin. Golyadkin eventually wakes at 2 pm. He has no idea how he could have slept for so long and wonders why his servant did not wake him. Golyadkin writes a quick letter to his double saying he wants him to stop what he is doing and then heads off to the office.

Golyadkin sees a clerk from the office and interrogates him but learns nothing. He give the clerk aletter and tells him to give it to his double. His double walks out of the office and drives off but is back shortly. Golyadkin follows him into the office. In the office, the atmosphere is very relaxed and the young clerks are either talking or playing...