At first she considered herself very sinful and felt a disgust for herself.

When she left Lantier's room she would wash her hands and scrub herself as if trying to get rid of an evil stain.

If Coupeau then tried to joke with her, she would fly into a passion, and run and shiveringly dress herself in the farthest corner of the shop; neither would she allow Lantier near her soon after her husband had kissed her.

She would have liked to have changed her skin as she changed men.

But she gradually became accustomed to it.