The Nose

1.  Ivan Yakovlevich is a barber.
2.  Ivan finds a nose in a loaf of bread.
3.  His wife thinks he is a murderer who cut off a man's nose.
4.  Ivan sets out to "lose" the nose.
5.  Ivan becomes happy when he throws the nose into the river because he feels like he got away with whatever he could have possibly done.  He doesn't even know what he did but he feels like the guilt of whatever it may be has been washed away.
6.  The nose belongs to Kovaloff, a major.  He had to advertise for his lost nose in order to get it back.