For some minutes, all are quiet in the street. Then, from across the street, someone came　　1　 .

　　It looked like a man of middle　　2　 , dressed in a big raincoat, and a soft hat, and　　3　　little sound while walking; a most soft, sliding sound. No one was in　　4　 . It was a street with two rows of about fifty small　　5　 , and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest the child's house could be seen　　6　 , but the others were almost hidden by the smoke air. A car　　7　　the end of the street and its light showed faintly,　　8　　clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman's face. The car　　9　　as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child's house.

　　She put a key in the lock quickly,　　10　　the door open without looking round. She began to breathe hard.

　　She　　11　　against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with　　12　 , and walked towards the door of the front room, the　　13　　leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then　　14　　the stairs, quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing. She pushed each door open in　　15　　and shone a torch inside, and the light　　16　　beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, and a mirror which　　17　　brightness back; but this was not what the woman was longing for. She turned away and went downstairs, and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs,　　18　　turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was　　19　 , or in the small washroom, that she wanted.　　20　　remained: the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child's bed and the child.

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　　It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning.　　1　　it was an old town, even the main street was very　　2　　and soon became overcrowded. There was not enough　　3　　far all the people on the path at the roadside,　　4　　they overflowed into the road,　　5　　danger to their lives from　　6　　cars and lorries, the drivers of　　7　　were constantly blowing their horns to　　8　　people to get out of their　　9　 . Yet it was a　　10　　scene. Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to　　11　　to the townsfolk. Men with carts　　12　　their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their　　13　 . They were selling apples, oranges and grapesthe　　14　　of their fields.　　15　　it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way; laughing and talking,　　16　　children rushed in and out of the crowds, screaming with laughter when they didn't ask for something they could not have, or crying with　　17　　because they were lost. The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bit, of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers. The　　18　　from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. And finally, when night at last came, the street　　19　　and only the rubbish　　20　　sadly blowing in the cooling night wind.

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