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Semyon Petrovich
A married man of the capital in "The Crafty One," who compulsively offers women to every acquaintance -- a habit that turns out to be an unconscious decoy against his own consuming jealousy over his wife.
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- The Crafty One §5 Semyon Petrovich
A married man of the capital, host to the visiting Pavel Ivanych, who habitually and compulsively offers women to his friends as an unconscious decoy against his own consuming jealousy for his wife.