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Lieutenant Zyumbumbunchikov
Zyumbumbunchikov
also: Lieutenant Zyumbumbunchikov
A comically named lieutenant the father cites in passing as having stood court-martial over his own mother-in-law -- a throwaway absurdist anecdote in his rambling counsel to his daughter.
Reading notes
- Before the Wedding §8 Lieutenant Zyumbumbunchikov
A comically invented name the father drops into his rambling monologue as supposed proof that a man may be legally persecuted by his mother-in-law; no such case is otherwise known -- the anecdote is the father's own invention.