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Ivan Mikhailych
A freight-train head conductor who extorts free-riding mowers for ten kopecks apiece, then flings them off the moving train to dodge a ticket inspector; the story's second ironic "knight without fear and reproach."
Reading notes
- Knights Without Fear and Reproach §5 Ivan Mikhailych
A head (freight-train) conductor -- the story's second "knight without fear and reproach," who extorts free-riding mowers and then flings them from a moving train to dodge an inspector.