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Captain Nasechkin
Nasechkin
also: Serapion Yegorych, Серапион Егорыч
An elderly retired captain, doted on by his 'nephew' Grisha and Grisha's bride until his savings are lost in the Skopin bank collapse, after which he is revealed to be only a very distant relation.
Reading notes
- Idyll -- Alas and Alack! §1 Captain Nasechkin
An elderly retired captain, uncle (in fact only a very distant relation, as the story's twist reveals) to Grisha; the sketch's doting, then ruined, patriarch.
- Idyll -- Alas and Alack! §15 Serapion Yegorych
Nasechkin's name and patronymic, used here to address him directly.