They asked my husband and me to dinner, and I was told that the sauce alone at that dinner cost a thousand roubles,' said the Princess Myagkaya loudly, feeling that everybody was listening. 'And a very nasty sauce it was too, something green!
Ci hanno invitato, me e mio marito, a pranzo, e m’han detto che la salsa a quel pranzo era costata mille rubli — diceva a gran voce la Mjagkaja, sentendo che tutti l’ascoltavano — e per giunta una salsa pessima, una certa broda verdastra.