A Fat Lady, MARIA VASSILIEVNA TOLBUCHIN, a very distinguished, rich, and good-natured lady, acquainted with all the celebrities of the past and present. She is very fat, talks rapidly in order to silence the rest. She smokes.
BARON KLINGEN (Koko), Doctor of the University of St. Petersburg, chamberlain, an officer of the embassy. Perfectly correct, therefore of a tranquil mind and serenely happy.
A LADY.
A PROPRIETRESS (dumb person).
SACHATOFF, SERGEI IVANOVITCH, about fifty, Director of the Ministry a. D. An elegant gentleman of magnificent European culture. He is without employment, and takes an interest in all things. His carriage is dignified, indeed even somewhat reserved.
FEDOR IVANITCH, chamberlain, nearly sixty. An educated man, striving after culture. He uses his eyeglasses and his pocket-handkerchief, which he slowly unfolds too liberally. He also takes an interest in politics. A sensible and good man.
GREGORI, lackey, twenty-eight years, a handsome fellow, but dissolute, envious, and insolent.
JACOB, forty years, butler, a restless, good-natured man, who concerns himself only about the family affairs of the peasants.
SEMION, kitchen boy. A healthy, fresh-looking peasant boy, blonde, still beardless, quiet, with a friendly smile.
