person
Pavel the Lame
Pavel
also: Pavel Khromoy, Павел Хромой
A small, cross-eyed peasant from Kashilovka who poaches a starling out of an obsessive 'longing' for hunting inherited from his late master's brother, and is caught and released after confessing his affliction.
Reading notes
- He Understood! §3 the little peasant
Pavel the Lame (Pavel Khromoy), a small, cross-eyed peasant from Kashilovka who has slipped out at dawn to poach game; his name reveals itself only later, when the steward demands it.