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An old fisherman who lives beside the Andreyevsky mill and, with the willow, silently witnesses a coachman's murder of the postman; he later carries the stolen mail sack to the authorities and forgives the killer.
Reading notes
- The Willow §3 Arkhip
The old fisherman who lives by the mill and, with the willow, forms the story's frame narrator; a former serf, he later hands the mail sack to the authorities.