person
Colonel Meering von Meerhelm
the Colonel
also: Herr Obrist, der Herr Obrist, Oberst Meering
A small, self-important retired Austrian colonel of German sympathies, given to a brooding nature and one stock joke; Frau Wanka mends his household's linen.
Reading notes
- Two Stories of Prague §117 Frau Colonel Meering von Meerhelm
A small, self-important retired colonel of German sympathies, in whose house Frau Wanka mends the fine linen each Monday.