The roof was mended, a scullery-maid – a relative of the elder's – was engaged, hens were bought, the cows gave enough milk, the garden was fenced in, a mangle was made by the carpenter, hooks were put into the wardrobes, which no longer opened at their own sweet will; an ironing board covered with coarse cloth lay across the arm of a chair and a chest of drawers in the maid's room, and the smell of hot irons soon pervaded the room.
Крышу починили, кухарку, куму старостину, достали, кур купили, молока стало доставать и загородили жердями сад, каток сделал плотник, к шкафам приделали крючки, и они стали отворяться не произвольно, и гладильная доска, обернутая солдатским сукном, легла с ручки кресла на комод, и в девичьей запахло утюгом.