The Overcoat Isolation Quotes

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Quote #10

But the horror of the important personage transcended all bounds when he saw the dead man's mouth open, and, with a terrible odor of the grave, utter the following remarks: "Ah, here you are at last! I have you, that ... by the collar! I need your coat. You took no trouble about mine, but reprimanded me; now give up your own. " (111)

Sometimes it's easy to think that Akaky is stupid and doesn't realize how other people treat him, but here, his ghost lets us know that he knew it all along.