Seller of New Skins
The women, swathed in silk and sitting on a low ottoman, passed little cakes and whispered to each other. Their heads bent, their mouths painted, they looked like living flowers. She tried to stay away from the gossip of her subordinates, but this tidbit they were passing around to each other couldn't be ignored.
It was freedom. Freedom from the swathing…
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