Then he uttered an exclamation: "Why, what's become of the dishes ?" he demanded.

"I left 'em here on the table." Brown arose from the bench and sauntered to the door.
"I washed them," he said.

"I judged that you would have to if I didn't, and it seemed the least I could do, everything considered." "Sho! You washed the dishes, hey?
Where'd you put 'em ?" "In the closet there.

That's where they belong, isn't it ?" Seth went to the closet, took a plate from the pile and inspected it.
"Um!" he grunted, turning the plate over, "that ain't such a bad job.
Not so all-fired bad, for a green hand.

What did you wash 'em with ?" "A cloth I found hanging by the sink." "I see.