stinking tub. The inspection had taken place and the women were

The occupants of this room were 15 persons, including three

children. It was still quite light. Only two of the women were

lying down: a consumptive woman imprisoned for theft, and an

idiot who spent most of her time in sleep and who was arrested

because she had no passport. The consumptive woman was not

asleep, but lay with wide open eyes, her cloak folded under her

head, trying to keep back the phlegm that irritated her throat,