Beware the Dog : Roald Dahl [19 of 32]

• She had finished washing his chest and arms, and now she turned back the bedclothes, so that his left leg was uncovered.
• She did it in such a way that his bandaged stump remained under the sheets. She undid the cord of his pajama trousers and took them off.
• There was no trouble because they had cut off the right trouser leg, so that it could not interfere with the bandages.
• She began to wash his left leg and the rest of his body. This was the first time he had had a bed bath, and he was embarrassed.
• She laid a towel under his leg, and she was washing his foot with the flannel. She said, "This wretched soap won't lather at all.
• It's the water. It's as hard as nails." He said, "None of the soap is very good now and, of course, with hard water it's hopeless."