figure
Alyona
also: Алена
The postmaster Sladkoperstev's late young wife, whose fidelity he claims to have safeguarded by spreading a false rumor linking her to the town's police chief.
Reading notes
- At the Post Office §11 Alyona
The postmaster's late young wife, at the center of the rumor he claims to have invented to guard her reputation. An invented figure, not historical.