The widow's servants kept him clean and neat, combed and brushed, and they bedded him nightly in unsympathetic sheets that had not one little spot or stain which he could press to his heart and know for a friend.
De dienstboden der weduwe hielden hem rein, zorgden dat hij er netjes uitzag, kamden en borstelden hem en legden hem 's nachts in ongemakkelijke bedden, waarop geen vlekje of spatje te ontdekken was.