All these matters appeared much simpler to her: all that was necessary, as Matrena Filimonovna said, was to give Spotty and Whiteflank more food and drink, and to see that the cook did not take the kitchen refuse to the laundress for her cow.
Le pareva che molto più semplice fosse dare più foraggio e più beveraggio, come diceva Matrëna Filimonovna, a Petrucha e a Belopachaja e che il cuoco non prelevasse dalla cucina le risciacquature per farne usufruire la vacca della lavandaia.