person
Mademoiselle Sira
m-lle Sira
also: m-lle Сира
An unidentified acquaintance -- likely a governess or family friend of a Moscow household -- whose name Chekhov invokes as a comic euphemism ("to be reminded of mademoiselle Sira") for going to relieve oneself, since Ragozina Balka has no privy.
Reading notes
- To the Chekhovs, 30 April 1887. Ragozina Balka. §3 mademoiselle Sira
An in-joke euphemism, apparently referring to an acquaintance's name, that Chekhov and his family used for going off to relieve oneself.