She was not allowed a bath for what seemed like a long time when she first came here. She cleaned...

She was not allowed a bath for what seemed like a long time when she first came here. She cleaned herself so carefully because she was not sure when this privilege would be taken away again. Also, she had begun to lose her mind, to see things that weren’t there, think about impossible things, dream of death. She had felt better since the baths and she thought that perhaps cleanliness was saving her sanity.