The town was then awakening . Shop-boys in caps were cleaning up the shop-fronts , and women with baskets against their hips , at intervals uttered sonorous cries at the corners of streets .
Тогда город просыпался. Продавцы в чепцах убирали витрины, а женщины с корзинами на бедрах изредка издавали звонкие крики на углах улиц.
