I too rose reluctantly; it was bitter cold, and I dressed as well as I could for shivering, and washed when there was a basin at liberty, which did not occur soon, as there was but one basin to six girls, on the stands down the middle of the room.
Je me levai à contre-coeur, car le froid était vif, et tout en grelottant je m'habillai de mon mieux. Aussitôt qu'un des bassins fut libre, je me lavai; mais il fallut attendre longtemps, car chacun d'eux servait à six élèves.