person
Mikhail (the fat friend)
also: Миша, the fat one
The fat friend, addressed by the affectionate diminutive Misha. He has risen to privy councillor, a fact that wrecks the reunion.
Reading notes
- Fat and Thin §3 Misha
Affectionate diminutive of Mikhail; the thin man's name for his old schoolfellow, the fat one.