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Alexander Arkhipovich
also: Александр Архипович, Александр Архипыч, Alexander Arkhipych
The local justice of the peace, a former cavalry officer who never shed his military bearing and habits; receives the doctor's confession over tea and delivers a long, meandering disquisition on the unreliability of Russia's 'middling people' before the case is settled without a trial.
Reading notes
- An Unpleasantness §93 Alexander Arkhipovich
The local justice of the peace, a former cavalryman who never gave up his military bearing; his household nickname, revealed at the story's end, is Sasha (section 139).
- An Unpleasantness §139 Sasha
The chairman's familiar nickname for the justice of the peace, Alexander Arkhipovich -- the diminutive underscoring how cozily the local officials handle a matter the doctor cannot stop treating as a moral crisis.