The story is quite short but very interesting and funny. It shows
us quite simple even everyday situation. The story tells us about
the event that happened to Major-General Buldeeff who had a
terrible toothache but didn’t want to have it pulled out as a
dentist suggested him. His steward Ivan Evceitch told him about a
conjuror for the toothache. Major-General Buldeeff decided to write
to him but unfortunately Ivan Evceitch couldn’t remember his name,
he remembers just that it was a horsey name. all members of the
family tried to help the steward to remember the name giving
different variants, but he couldn’t. After a sleepless night
Major-General Buldeeff decided to have the tooth pulled out. The
story ended with Ivan Evceitch’s remembering the name but there was
no use in it.