while the window-seat accommodated a sbitentshik, cheek by jowl with a samovar-the latter so closely resembling the former in appearance that, but for the fact of the samovar possessing a pitch-black lip, the samovar and the sbitentshik might have been two of a pair.
Kantoiko dendatxoan, edo, zehatzago esanik, dendatxoko leihoan, sbiten-saltzailea jarri ohi zen, kobre gorrizko samovarra aldamenean zeukala. Saltzailearen aurpegia samovarra bezain gorria zen, hainbesteraino, ezen, bi samovar haietako batek bizar bikea bezain beltza izan ez balu, urrunetik ikusirik edonork pentsa baitzezakeen leihoan bi samovar zeudela.