In three years he could not collect it,' – a short, round-shouldered landowner with pomaded hair that hung down on the embroidered collar of his uniform was saying energetically, stamping loudly with the heels of the new boots he had evidently put on specially for this occasion.
In tre anni non poteva prepararsi — diceva energicamente un proprietario un po’ curvo, non alto, coi capelli impomatati sopra il colletto ricamato della divisa, battendo con forza i tacchi degli stivali nuovi, messi per le elezioni.