The grocery boy reported that the kitchen looked like a pigsty, and the general opinion in the village was that the new people weren't servants at all.
It looked as though it had once been a large stone pigpen, but extra rooms had been added here and there untilit was several stories high and so crooked it looked as though it were held up by magic.
" It's bloody freezing in here. Turn up the radiators! " Parvaneh tosses out the words as if this is something quite obvious, gesturing impatiently at Ove as she puts the cat down on his sofa.