Back in increasingly cold Muryovo, enough time has now passed for the young doctor to have – scarcely - managed to grow a beard. But despite his many attempts at appearing more imposing, he is nevertheless still living in the shadows of the doctor who previously inhabited the house; a “real” doctor, complete with a fully-grown beard and everything, and whose name is uttered oh-too-often by the rest of the crewl; “Leopold Leopoldovich”.