“The market was almost deserted by now, and among the few people who still lingered there she saw no one whom she knew. That meant that the Crowd was assembling in the multi-storey car park. No one ever arranged beforehand where to meet, but somehow every knew, and eventually everyone arrived.”
“Now it came to pass that among the busy tribes there were many, shall we say, less industrious females. One such lass came upon what, up till then, had been a perfectly happy litter. ”