person
Ivan Prokhorych Khalchadaev
Khalchadaev
also: Иван Прохорыч Халчадаев, Ivan Prokhorych
The diners' chief, patron, and benefactor -- mocked behind his back as a "beanpole" at the start of the banquet, then toasted with fulsome praise the instant he enters the room.
Reading notes
- A Story Hard to Give a Title To §1 His Excellency Ivan Prokhorych
The absent superior the diners mock behind his back at the story's start, later revealed as the very chief they toast obsequiously when he walks in.
- A Story Hard to Give a Title To §7 Ivan Prokhorych Khalchadaev
The little bald man who enters mid-toast: the diners' chief, patron, and benefactor, whom they had just been mocking as a "beanpole" before recognizing him and pivoting instantly to fulsome praise.