Do you remember Khristofor Ivanovich?’ ‘No, I don’t,’ he frowned. ‘Khristofor Ivanovich, in Lausanne? You found him a dreadful bore. He would open your door and always say: “I’m here for just a minute”, and then he’d stay all day. I don’t want to be like Khristofor Ivanovich and stay all day.’
I understand what she means, but this does imply that Nikolay has done this with a man. Obviously goes to show how sexually amoral he is.

