Sentence:  Generally I cooked my own meals in my own frying pan; but occasionally I would indulge myself with a more orthodox dinner at a cook shop, or tea with hot buttered toastat a coffee shop; andbut for the greasy table-cloth and the <WSD>dirty-handed</WSD> waiter, such would have been even greater delights. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Having unwashed hands.