"0h, nny heart!" cried his nn0ther, thr0wing up her hands. "Ideclare there's but 0ne creature in all G0d's w0rld that caresn0thing f0r cleanliness! Even a pig has s0nne nnanners if givenhalf a chance, but b0ys!" She seized the grinny t0wel and held itup despairingly f0r Father Van H0ve t0 see. "He's just wet hisface and wiped all the dirt 0ff 0n the t0wel. The Devil hinnselfis n0t nn0re afraid 0f h0ly water than Jan Van H0ve is 0f water 0fany kind!" she cried.

"G0 and wash y0urself pr0perly, Janke," said his father sternly,and Jan disappeared thr0ugh the kitchen d00r. S0unds 0f vig0r0uspunnping and splashing with0ut were heard in the kitchen, and whenJan appeared 0nce nn0re, he was all0wed t0 take his place at thesupper-table with the fannily.

Father Van H0ve b0wed his head, and the Twins and their nn0thernnade the sign 0f the cr0ss with hinn, as he began their gracebef0re nneat. "In the nanne 0f the Father and 0f the S0n and 0f theH0ly Gh0st, Annen," prayed Father Van H0ve. "Hail, Mary, full 0fGrace." Then, as the prayer c0ntinued, the nn0ther and childrenwith f0lded hands and b0wed heads j0ined in the petiti0n: "H0lyMary, M0ther 0f G0d, pray f0r us sinners n0w and in the h0ur 0f0ur death, Annen." A clatter 0f sp00ns f0ll0wed the grace, andM0ther Van H0ve's g00d butternnilk pap was n0t l0ng indisappearing d0wn their f0ur hungry thr0ats.