She dipped a cloth in water from the basin on the table, squeezed out the excess, and rested the cool, damp linen over his brow.
He straightened up and his shoulders were wide beneath the damp white linen of his shirt.
The concrete should have been damp linen, it wasn't.
For a little while, when the damp linen first touched him, the demon's fever fled, and he was himself again, or someone close to himself.
She sat beside him and began cleaning the scratch with the damp linen.
Holding her breath, Illyra reached down to peel back the damp, dirty linen.
She could see Mistress El ward's laundry basket lying on its side near the stone farmhouse, damp linens spilled out in a heap.
It was too hot to embrace, but I pressed my cheek against his shoulder briefly, taking comfort from the solidness of his body under the thin, damp linen.
There was a lot of shouting and confusion, muffled by the folds of damp linen around my head.
She must change the damp and crumpled linen and make sure that in his distress he had not torn or moved any of his bandages.