I own, though, that I should like a good wash.

I don't suppose I can look dirty through this stain, but I certainly feel so." "There is a pool," she said, "a few hundred yards away there, on the right.

I found it the second time I went away, and I did enjoy a wash." "I thought you were looking wonderfully tidy," Dick said, smiling.
"Well, I will go there at once.

I shall feel a new man, after a bath." "I will come with you," Surajah said--for he had learned to speak a good deal of English, during his companionship with Dick.
They returned in half an hour.

Ibrahim had warmed up some of the chupatties, over the ashes, and they all thoroughly enjoyed their meal.