It was true that Shuraev had taken steps to sublet the kitchen garden in small lots to the other peasants; he evidently quite misunderstood, and apparently intentionally misunderstood, the conditions on which the land was let to him.
Era verdad que Churaev, que sin duda había comprendido mal las condiciones en que recibía la tierra, quiso subarrendar los huertos, en parte, a los campesinos.