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The People

 “She approved of the people in their broad hats, the brightly colored strips of cloth the women tied under their chins, the neat well-made baskets they carried on their arms. She approved of the little clay pipes the women were as likely to smoke as the men. She even approved of the prosperous black hats who moved more slowly and did not gesture so much when they spoke. All was orderly here, all clearly marked. One knew where one stood almost instantly.