The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to be full of soup.
La porta conduceva di filato a una vasta cucina, da un capo all'altro invasa di fumo: la Duchessa sedeva in mezzo su uno sgabello a tre piedi, cullando un bambino in seno; la cuoca era di fronte al fornello, rimestando in un calderone che pareva pieno di minestra.