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Shortly after finding the nose and realizing that the nose’s owner is a man of much higher status, Ivan Yakovlevich realizes that having the nose is a liability. That is, even though he’s pretty sure he didn’t cut off his client’s nose, having the nose around could get him in trouble.
In this passage, Ivan Yakovlevich pictures what will happen if he’s caught disposing of the nose. In imagining his arrest, Ivan Yakovlevich oddly focuses on the specific details of the officer’s uniform, all of which indicate a higher social status. The way he describes the officer’s suit suggests that…