place
Kolokolny Lane
also: Колокольный переулок
The Moscow lane where Fyodor's mysterious customer -- who turns out to be the Devil -- lives on the top floor of the fourth house from the corner, reached by a long dark courtyard and a swaying staircase.
Reading notes
- The Cobbler and the Devil §1 Kolokolny Lane
A Moscow lane ("Bell Lane"); the mysterious customer's address there is never explained as anything but ordinary city geography, which sharpens the comic surprise when he turns out to be the Devil.