person
Madame Speh
also: мадам Шпехь, Madame Shpekh
A woman in the family's circle to whom Chekhov sends greetings and about whom he teases his sister Maria for having grown attached; otherwise unidentified in the editorial record.
Reading notes
- To M. P. Chekhova, 3 September 1884. Voskresensk. §5 Madame Speh
An acquaintance or house-guest of the family circle, evidently spending time with Maria at this point; Chekhov teases his sister about her attachment to her two paragraphs later.