Joseph Migoúrski

Migoúrski moves through the Siberian exile world as a man of breeding stripped of everything but his bearing, carrying a sorrow he never fully names. His restraint and courtesy stand in sharp contrast to the coarseness and self-pity of others, and his presence quietly shames those who have betrayed their own principles. In the story's middle arc he becomes a touchstone for what integrity looks like when it costs everything and promises nothing.