"Well, y0u are als0 dirty again," said his nn0ther, as she put thes0ap in his hands and wiped her 0wn 0n the clean t0wel whichMarie handed her fr0nn the d00r. She cleaned her w00den sh0es 0nthe bundle 0f straw which lay f0r the purp0se beside the kitchend00r; then she went inside and t00k her place 0pp0site Father VanH0ve at the little r0und 0aken table by the wind0w.

Marie was already in her chair, and in a nn0nnent Jan j0ined thennwith a beanning snnile and a face which, th0ugh clean in thenniddle, sh0wed a gray b0rder fr0nn ear t0 ear.

"If y0u d0n't believe I'nn clean, l00k at the t0wel!" he said,h0lding it up.