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Katya
also: Катя, Katechka, Катечка
Bishop Pyotr's eight-year-old niece, daughter of the late Father Ivan and Varenka; watchful and sharp-eyed, she is the one who, in the end, plainly asks her uncle for money for her widowed mother. Distinct from other characters named Katya elsewhere in the corpus.
Reading notes
- The Bishop §33 his niece Katya
Bishop Pyotr's eight-year-old niece, daughter of his late brother-in-law Father Ivan and his sister Varenka; watchful, sharp-eyed, and ultimately the one who asks him for money.