It had taken a good deal of scrubbing to get all the dirt off of him and out from under his fingernails. It had taken several more rinses to get the smell of corpse off of him to his satisfaction. His clothing had just been tossed and hopefully would be burned because they were truly awful!
"Hello, love." He was still damp but wrapped in his robe so he pulled her into his lap for proper closeness while they could.