person
Ryabovich
also: Рябович, Штабс-капитан Рябович, Staff-Captain Ryabovich
A small, round-shouldered, self-effacing staff-captain of artillery who is kissed by mistake in a dark room at the von Rabbecks' house and spends the rest of the story privately reliving and mythologizing the moment before its disappointing, deflating end.
Reading notes
- The Kiss §20 рысьи бакены
"Lynx-like side-whiskers" (рысьи бакены) recurs as Ryabovich's defining physical tag throughout the story, alongside his stoop and spectacles; unlike Lobytko's confident dog-metaphor, Ryabovich is repeatedly likened to an awkward, unglamorous animal, reinforcing his self-image as the least noticeable officer in the brigade.
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The Kiss
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