The lads, dressed like their papas, seemed uncomfortable in their new clothes (many that day hand-sewed their first pair of boots), and by their sides, speaking never a work, wearing the white dress of their first communion lengthened for the occasion were some big girls of fourteen or sixteen, cousins or elder sisters no doubt, rubicund, bewildered, their hair greasy with rose pomade, and very much afraid of dirtying their gloves.
Ezeken fehér ruha diszlett, az első áldozás alkalmával viselt fehér ruha, melyet erre az ünnepi alkalomra egy kicsit megtoldottak; a hajuk zsiros volt a rózsapomádétól. Minthogy a tanyán nem volt elég istálló-szolga, az urak feltürték a kabátjuk ujját, s maguk fogták ki a lovakat.