person
Mavra
also: Мавра
The village elder Prokofy's wife, a healthy and sensible woman who has never in her life left her native village and for the last ten years has gone out only at night; Burkin cites her as an example of the solitary, shell-seeking temperament he goes on to find in Belikov.
Reading notes
- The Man in a Case §4 Mavra
The village elder's wife, a healthy, sensible woman who has never once left her native village and for ten years has gone outdoors only after dark; Burkin cites her as an ordinary instance of the shell-seeking temperament he then finds in Belikov.