sound of loud, coarse laughter came from the women who were still

at the window. The little girl also laughed, and her childish

treble mixed with the hoarse and screeching laughter of the

others. One of the convicts outside had done something that

produced this effect on the onlookers.

"Lawks! see the shaved hound, what he's doing," said the

red-haired woman, her whole fat body shaking with laughter; and

leaning against the grating she shouted meaning less obscene