person
Chikamasova
also: the mother, the general's widow
The mistress of the little house on Moscow Street, wife and then widow of Colonel Chikamasov, who sews a dowry for her daughter Manechka across decades while her brother-in-law quietly gives it away.
Reading notes
- The Dowry §5 Chikamasova
The colonel's wife, mistress of the little house; her fear of a strange visitor and her pride in her family's schoolroom French anchor the story's first section.