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Antanas Meškėnas

maleFirst seen chapter 53Last seen chapter 80

Introduced as a university professor and former friend of Vasaris who now holds a respectable academic position Professor Meškėnas intervenes in the dispute between Stripaitis and Vasaris, turning the argument into humor while displaying distinctive attire. Meškėnas asked Vasaris to be exempt from celebrating a Mass. Prof. Meškėnas critiqued the drama as overly artificial and questioned which principles are truly valuable. One of the guests at Naudžius’s banquet, seated beside the director

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