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Andrei Khrisanfych
also: Андрей Хрисанфыч, Андрей
Yefimya's husband and the son-in-law addressed in the letter, a former soldier now working as the hall porter at a Petersburg hydropathic establishment; he is short-tempered enough that his wife falls silent and hides her tears whenever he is near.
Reading notes
- At Christmastime §8 Andrei Khrisanfych
Vasilisa and Pyotr's son-in-law, addressed here in the letter's opening; the story's second half follows him at his post as a hall porter in Petersburg, where he proves to be a man his own wife is afraid of.