He saw the old cook smile admiringly and listen to her inexperienced and impossible orders; saw that Agatha Mikhaylovna shook her head thoughtfully and kindly at her young mistress's arrangements in the storeroom; saw that Kitty was peculiarly charming when she came, half laughing and half crying, to report that her maid, Masha, was used to considering her merely as a young lady in her mother's house, and that therefore no one would obey her.
Egli vedeva che il vecchio cuoco sorrideva, compiacendosi, nell’ascoltare gli ordini di lei, inesperti, assurdi; vedeva che Agaf’ja Michajlovna scoteva il capo pensosa e tenera alla nuove disposizioni della giovane signora nella dispensa; vedeva che Kitty era straordinariamente graziosa, quando, ridendo e piangendo, veniva da lui a dirgli che Maša, la cameriera, era abituata a considerarla signorina e che, perciò, nessuno le obbediva.