It made our mouths water to hear him talk about the things, and we handed him out the stove and the frying-pan and all the eggs that had not smashed and gone over everything in the hamper, and begged him to begin.
Ci venne l’acquolina in bocca sentendolo parlar così, e gli affidammo la cucinetta, la padella e tutte le uova che non s’erano rotte insudiciando tutto nel paniere, e lo pregammo di cominciare.