Krakatit

Early in the morning he found her scouring Honzik in a trough full of soapsuds. The little dog struggled desperately; but Annie, inexorable, laughing and splashed with water, soaped him energetically. "Look out! " she cried when Prokop was still some way off, "he will splash you!"

She looked like a young, enthusiastic mother. Oh God, how simple and beautiful everything is in this sunny world!