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Pyotr Yevtropych
also: Петр Евтропыч
A vain precinct police inspector who boasts of his strength and intellect until his old friend the fire chief goads him into an object lesson: challenged not to steal a shopkeeper's ten-rouble note, he cannot resist taking it.
Reading notes
- From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §85 Pyotr Yevtropych
The self-infatuated precinct inspector, addressed by name and patronymic by his friend the fire chief just before being challenged to prove his self-mastery.