They kept their houses clean, but she kept hers like a temple for the footsteps of divinity.

Marvellous tales were told of Paulina Maria's exceeding neatness.

It was known for a fact that the boards of her floors were so arranged that they could be lifted from their places and cleaned on their under as well as upper sides.

Could Paulina Maria have cleaned the inner as well as the outer surface of her own skin she would doubtless have been better satisfied.

As it was, the colorless texture of her thin face and hands, through which the working of her delicate jaws and muscles could be plainly seen, gave an impression of extreme purity and cleanliness.