although her nails were cut as short as a mans and the skin on the backs of her hands was deeply tan , and although , by loosening her grip and sliding her palms along the indentations of the wheel , she could feel the pads of her calluses , and although the yellow of her wedding rings cut deep into the flesh of her finger and could no longer be removed , even with dish-soap , she thought that her hands looked too small and too soft to be able to accomplish the things that needed doing .