It thawed in the sunshine by day, but at night the thermometer went down to sixteen degrees Fahrenheit. The snow was covered with a crust of ice so thick that carts could pass even where there were no roads.
Днем таяло на солнце, а ночью доходило до семи градусов; наст был такой, что на возах ездили без дороги. Пасха была на снегу.