He went directly to it, and after eating and washing, fell into a profound sleep.
At the hour before Angelus the house was as noisy and busy as if it had been an inn.

The servants were running hither and thither, all of them expressing themselves in voluble Spanish.

The cooks were quarrelling in the kitchen.

Antonia was showing the table men, as she had to do afresh every day, how to lay the cloth and serve the dishes in the American fashion.

When the duty was completed, she went into the garden to listen for the Angelus.