Three of the best calves had been overfed by being turned into the meadow where the clover had been cut, without any water to drink; and the peasants would on no account admit that the clover had injured them. To comfort Levin he was told that his neighbour had lost a hundred head of cattle in three days.
Avevano fatto crepare le tre migliori vacche perché le avevano lasciate andare a pascolare là dove non c’era abbeveratoio su per il guaime del trifoglio, e non avevano voluto credere in nessun modo che si erano gonfiate col trifoglio, e raccontavano, per consolarsi, che al vicino erano morti centoventi capi di bestiame.