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Vasily Ivanych
The dark-haired, vain friend who lives off his wife's money, gambles away her pawned bracelet, keeps a mistress, and chases a lottery fortune that turns out not to be his.
Reading notes
- M. P. §9 Vasily Ivanych
The dark-haired friend: a vain, debt-ridden philanderer who lives off his wife's money, keeps a mistress, and pawns her bracelet to cover a gambling loss.