Would it not have been better—it would have been better for them—to have taken off half their noses from the middle upwards, even though they'd have snuffled when they spoke, than to have put beards on them?
¿Cómo y no fuera mejor, y a ellas les estuviera más a cuento, quitarles la mitad de las narices de medio arriba, aunque hablaran gangoso, que no ponerles barbas?