person
S. M.
also: The Feuilletonist
A newspaper feuilletonist waiting on his fee who, out of boredom, stumbles on the address of a woman who once robbed him and sets off to sue her.
Reading notes
- A Poisonous Affair §2 S. M.
A feuilletonist -- a writer of light topical newspaper sketches (feuilletons) -- identified only by initials, a common convention for minor or comic figures in Chekhov's early sketches.