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Ninochka
also: Ниночка
A young woman Grandfather married at sixty after luring her from a more suitable groom; the narrator cites her fate to expose Grandfather's own hypocrisy.
Reading notes
- A Chip Off the Old Block §10 Ninochka
A young woman Grandfather himself married off at sixty, having lured her away from a more suitable, age-appropriate groom; the narrator brings her up to turn Grandfather's own moralizing back on him.