Perhaps some who had worked during the day were coming to the market at night.
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If possible the crowd seemed dirtier, rougher, and meaner.
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Some men may not have had employment, or desired such, and now, like nocturnal animals, they came furtively from their insulae, like urts from their holes.
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There seemed more lower-caste women than before.
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Some were not veiled.
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Some young, drunken men staggered by.
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Ellen shrank back, away from the front of the shelf.
Perhaps some who had worked during the day were coming to the market at night.
If possible the crowd seemed dirtier, rougher, and meaner.
Some men may not have had employment, or desired such, and now, like nocturnal animals, they came furtively from their insulae, like urts from their holes.
There seemed more lower-caste women than before.
Some were not veiled.
Some young, drunken men staggered by.
Ellen shrank back, away from the front of the shelf.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )