'Can you tell me where the bath is?'
'The bath?'
'Yes, the bath.'
'Is it where they boil water for the English?'
'That must be the shop,' quoth Brick.
'That's the place,' pointing with her finger to a house on the opposite side of the way.
Van Brick crossed over, and after five minutes' hunt over the whole house, was coming down disheartened, when he saw a pretty girl, about eighteen years old, standing by the doorway.
'Can you tell me where the bath is?'
'Seguro! I attend to them. You can't have a warm bath for two or three hours yet, for there is no fire; but you can have a cold one.'
'Well, let me have it as quickly as possible.'