23/33 "But how strange you look! Half wet arms, a soaking apron and damp feet. Have you been in the water, or what have you done ?" "I washed my hands under the water pump and I got splashed," Cornelli answered. "There are arrangements in the rooms for washing hands, which involve no splashing. Go, now, and put on another apron. You have to be orderly and neat at mealtimes." Cornelli departed. |