person
Nikolai Borisych
The red-haired, steady, sardonic friend of Vasily Ivanych; once Olga Alexeyevna's suitor before she married Vasily, he lends money he can ill spare and slaps his friend in a sudden fit of disgust.
Reading notes
- M. P. §5 Nikolai Borisych
The red-haired friend: a steady, hard-working, sardonic man who once courted Olga Alexeyevna before she married Vasily Ivanych, and who lends money he can ill spare.