Aunt Maria would mildly observe that, next time Uncle Podger was going to hammer a nail into the wall, she hoped he'd let her know in time, so that she could make arrangements to go and spend a week with her mother while it was being done.
Zia Maria osservava con dolcezza che la prossima volta che zio Podger avrebbe dovuto ficcare un chiodo nel muro, le facesse la finezza di avvertirla in tempo, perchè essa potesse disporre le cose in modo da andare nel frattempo a passare una settimana con la madre.