Rayfield assists us with these contradictions by saying that, by the standards of his time, Chekhov was a judophile.
Rayfield felt that people in his days would consider Chekhov a pedophile.
mnli hypothesis: Rayfield felt that people in his days would consider Chekhov a pedophile. premise: Rayfield assists us with these contradictions by saying that, by the standards of his time, Chekhov was a judophile.