‘A man comes in here between meal-times because he has missed his dinner, or has a guest, or just feels hungry. He helps himself to bread and butter and honey, maybe to a slice or two of cold pigeon, or a wedge of left-over stuffing, or a drink of ale or a hunk of cheese. And he is welcome to it. We are not stingy here. Then, when he has done, he takes the plate, the bowl, the knife, the spoon, the mug – whatever he has used – and he washes it up and puts it away! Is that hard to grasp, as an idea? I think not. Is it asking a lot of him? I hadn’t thought so. Is it difficult to do? Nay, not so, apparently. Not difficult at all. Impossible! ‘Same with dirty linen. Cloths for straining cheese, we rinse through thoroughly, of course; likewise if we have strained fruit or anything else, or cooked a pudding in them or whatever. Rags from washing and drying dishes and wiping down the table, we rinse out crumbs and anything stuck to them. Then the cloths go on the heap yonder by the door waiting for whoever goes by to take them to be laundered.
What do You think about The Breath Of Peace (2016)?
