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Pavel Nikolaich
also: Павел Николаич
An unseen provincial governor Romansov invokes as the pinnacle of worldly grandeur, only to insist even he is mere "ashes" before whom everyone grovels -- the story's stand-in for illusory human importance.
Reading notes
- A Man's Conversation with a Dog §4 Pavel Nikolaich
An unseen provincial governor Romansov cites as the pinnacle of worldly grandeur -- only to insist that even he is mere ashes before whom people grovel for nothing.