Characters

             EVDOKIM ZAHAROVITCH ZHIGALOV, a retired Civil Servant.
             NASTASYA TIMOFEYEVNA, his wife
             DASHENKA, their daughter
             EPAMINOND MAXIMOVITCH APLOMBOV, Dashenka's bridegroom
             FYODOR YAKOVLEVITCH REVUNOV-KARAULOV, a retired captain
             ANDREY ANDREYEVITCH NUNIN, an insurance agent
             ANNA MARTINOVNA ZMEYUKINA, a midwife, aged 30, in a brilliantly             red dress
             IVAN MIHAILOVITCH YATS, a telegraphist
             HARLAMPI SPIRIDONOVITCH DIMBA, a Greek confectioner
             DMITRI STEPANOVITCH MOZGOVOY, a sailor of the Imperial Navy             (Volunteer Fleet)
             GROOMSMEN, GENTLEMEN, WAITERS, ETC.