person
Ottyagaev
also: Оттягаев
A provincial secretary asked to make the toast; the diners jokingly call him their "Renan and Spinoza," and he delivers a mock-solemn liberal speech about universal equality and the sufferings of the poor.
Reading notes
- A Story Hard to Give a Title To §2 Ottyagaev
The provincial secretary who delivers the story's mock-liberal speech; the diners jokingly dub him their "Renan and Spinoza."