"Luke stood up, assessed the water tank next to the tub, and shook his head in good-natured amazement. "What a contraption. Makes a man wonder what they'll invent next, doesn't it?" "I wouldn't know," Charity answered, exasperated and bone weary. "I'm not a man." He laughed. "No, indeed, Mrs. Shardlow, you are pure woman and that is a fact."