Tandir oldida kuyib-pishib, shabnam donalariday yirik-yirik terlarga botib, Zebi bilan birga patir yopayotgan Saltiga bu maslahat juda yomon qattiq tekkan va u ham darhol o‘z ovozini eshittirgan edi:

— Bizni bo‘ri yermidi? Yosh narsalaga qarilarni aralashtirib nima bor? Siqilib o‘lmaydimi odam?..

The conversation between her elders hurt Saltanat, who was standing in front of the tandoor oven, baking a flatbread with Zebi, perspiring large droplets of dew-like sweat. She suddenly spoke up: “Will a wolf eat us? Why mix old women with girls? A person could die from the boredom of it!”