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Princess Khronskaya-Zapyataya
also: княгиня Хронская-Запятая
A princess the wife claims her husband might call on after seeing the minister; her invented double-barreled name ends in 'Zapyataya' -- literally 'Comma' -- a small absurdist joke buried in the wife's name-dropping.
Reading notes
- In the Railway Carriage §31 Princess Khronskaya-Zapyataya
Another invented, double-barreled aristocratic name; 'Zapyataya' means 'comma' in Russian, a small absurdist joke tucked into the wife's otherwise straight-faced social name-dropping.