There were no proper cupboards for their clothes; what cupboards there were either would not close at all, or burst open whenever anyone passed by them.

There were no pots and pans; there was no copper in the washhouse, nor even an ironing-board in the maids' room.

Finding instead of peace and rest all these, from her point of view, fearful calamities, Darya Alexandrovna was at first in despair.