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Would she ever do so again? Now a broken reflection of feverish eyes and blonde hair was what remained. The white curtains of the chimneypiece had been drawn aside, a bright fire was burning, and Barnes was removing a foot-pan of hot water. 'Sit down here by me, Alice; I want to talk to you. 'The doctor has forbidden you to talk, dear; he says you must have perfect rest and quiet.
"'Well then, if ye must know, th' opera-dancers apply hot water to sprains: now what is their interest? T' expedite the cure: and the faculty apply cold water: and what is their interest? To procrastinate the cure, and make a long job of it. So just hold your toungues, and ring for hot water." Julia did not ring; she beckoned Edward, and they flew out and soon brought a foot-pan of hot water.
I have actually seen, in the private sick room, the utensils emptied into the foot-pan, and put back unrinsed under the bed. I can hardly say which is most abominable, whether to do this or to rinse the utensil in the sick room.
A Cardiff agent was bathing his feet why, we are not told, but imagination is not slow to comprehend the reason, when the severity of our climate is taken into account; he broke the foot-pan a much less comprehensible thing and the breaking of that foot-pan did him damage, for which he was compensated with 52 pounds, 16 shillings.
I am now writing in my 'drawing-room' i.e., my upper berth, with my legs hanging down over my bed-room, or lower berth. All my property is stowed away and hung up, and the steward keeps all nice and clean calls me in the morning, and at half-past seven brings me a foot-pan of fresh sea-water to bathe in.
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