Read the passage from "Church."
Each morning the two monks brought us buckets of water. They giggled when we stripped
down to bathe; they smiled happily while we soaped up and splashed one another. On the
second day the older monk carried in a cane chair for the use of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross,
placing it near the altar area, bowing and gesturing for him to sit down. The old monk
seemed proud of the chair, and proud that such a man as Lieutenant Cross should be sitting
in it. On another occasion the younger monk presented us with four ripe watermelons from
his garden. He stood watching until the watermelons were eaten down to the rinds, then he
smiled and made the strange washing motion with his hands.
Which detail from this passage supports the author's perspective that the soldiers do not really
understand the monks?
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The author describes that one monk seems proud of a simple chair.
The monks laugh at the soldiers, but the soldiers do not seem to mind.
The monk's hand-washing gesture is desced as "strange."
The author emphasizes that the monks smile often but does not say why.