Besides him and the young woman, there were four other men in the room. They were all of Nordic appearance.,Alyosha is a nickname for his given name, "Alexei." Russians only use nicknames among close friends and family. People they aren't as familiar with are addressed by their patronymic, which is the long string in the middle there, Konstantinovich.,Listening to the footsteps from a bird's-eye view, the sound seems to come from heaven.。