person
the extravagant lady
also: экстравагантная особа
An unnamed woman in or near Smagin's household or circle, pointedly excluded from Chekhov's closing greetings ("You need not bow on my behalf"). Not otherwise identified in the surviving correspondence; the epithet itself is the only characterization given.
Reading notes
- To A. I. Smagin, 16 December 1891. Moscow. §11 To the extravagant lady You need not bow on my behalf.
The unnamed "extravagant lady" is pointedly excluded from the greetings Chekhov sends to Elena Ivanovna and Sergei Ivanovich -- a small, dry dig whose target and grounds are not otherwise explained in the surviving correspondence.