When Jennifer left, Lucas wandered around the house for a few moments, then drifted into the bedroom, undressed, and stood under a scalding shower.

But the vileness within her had prevailed, as even against her own will she swept the insects away, slammed the window shut, and stood beneath a scalding shower for hours in a vain attempt to cleanse herself of the poisons.

The smell, emanating from the skinned carcass of a cow that hangs from a hook, clings sickeningly to the skin, and you may find that your first impulse upon leaving the theater is to head straight for a scalding shower.

Soundlessly, he padded into the bathroom, stripped and stood under a scalding shower for five minutes.

As Peter dressed in slacks, blazer and silk roll neck after a scalding shower, he could still hear the clatter of the telex machine from the floor below, and it was an hour later when she called him on the house telephone.

He felt as if he had been drenched in a scalding shower, and put up every shield he had to protect himself for a moment.

He popped aspirin, hazarded a run in the icy air, took a scalding shower, called Angela at home but got no answer.

To help retain moisture, dermatologists also recommend avoiding scalding showers and harsh soaps, which can strip away the oily layer.

They took him down somewhere near the engines and pushed him into a scalding shower, after which the ship's doctor gave him ten injections, and the chief steward brought him a gallon of beef bouillon.

All she really wanted right now was a scalding hot shower and bed ... and she couldn't even have that shower tonight because Jefferson's women had to share the shower head with the men, rotating with them according to a posted schedule.