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Es mußte Markttag gewesen sein, Heu und Häcksel lagen verstreut auf dem Pflaster, man schloß gerade die Läden, es klirrten Schlüssel, und Ketten rasselten, Hausierer zogen heim mit kleinen Handwagen, Frauen mit bunten Kopftüchern eilten mit vollen und vorsichtig vor den Leib gehaltenen Töpfen, berstenden Markttaschen am Arm, aus denen hölzerne Kochlöffel hervorschauten.
It must have been market day. Hay and chaff were scattered about the pavements, shops were just being shut, locks were clicking, chains rattling, householders were making for home with little handcarts, women wearing bright headscarves were hurrying, carefully carrying full pots in front of them and bursting market bags over their arms, with wooden spoons sticking out of the top.
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