birch trees in the gardens looked as if they were strewn with

green fluff, the wild cherry and the poplars unrolled their long,

balmy buds, and in shops and dwelling-houses the double

window-frames were being removed and the windows cleaned.

In the Tolkoochi [literally, jostling market, where second-hand

clothes and all sorts of cheap goods are sold] market, which

Nekhludoff had to pass on his way, a dense crowd was surging

along the row of booths, and tattered men walked about selling