person
Ignatyev
also: Игнатьев, Семен Глазов, Semyon Glazov, Михайло, Mikhailo, ямщик
The mail driver (yamshchik) the postal clerk sends off with the postman and the student; addressed as "Ignatyev" by the clerk but gives his own name as "Semyon Glazov" when asked, and the clerk's parting toast separately wishes regards through "Mikhailo" -- a well-known naming inconsistency in Chekhov's text, kept as-is rather than resolved by the translation.
Reading notes
- The Post §2 Ignatyev
The clerk addresses the driver as "Ignatyev," but when the clerk later asks which driver is going (sections 4-5), the answer given is "Semyon Glazov," and the clerk's parting toast (section 9) separately sends regards through "Mikhailo." This is a documented inconsistency in Chekhov's original text -- likely a slip in naming a minor character across a quickly drafted scene -- and is preserved as-is in translation rather than silently resolved.