“He was so old that he forgot his own name and did not remember his relatives, although, a strange thing, otherwise he remembered everything perfectly, he had a surprisingly sharp mind and still had excellent reactions. The people working here didn't know how old he was, but it became a common joke that he would outlive them all, and that he was here when there was no trace of this house. And since he didn’t remember his name, for his love of gambling, especially for his habit of playing solitaire in the evenings, he was nicknamed the Trickster, although sometimes he was called the Aristocrat, for his imperious manners and stubbornness...”