person
Nastasya Timofeyevna Lyubimskaya
the hostess
also: Настасья Тимофеевна, Madame Lyubimskaya, г-жа Любимская
The bridegroom's mother and hostess of the wedding supper, who paid to have a general seated at her table for prestige, is visibly disappointed to get only a rear admiral, and ultimately turns on both the admiral and her nephew-broker when his rambling ruins the evening.