The old woman put her bony hands on our heads and muttered something.
"My God," the woman muttered, then turned back to the man.
"A young woman like you, alone here and pregnant," he muttered.
He watched as the woman muttered something to the man next to her.
When he asked for salt fish to go with the bread and onions, the women muttered among themselves.
Behind him the old woman muttered on, her voice rising and falling.
What was the angry old woman muttering to herself about?
In the seat beside me, a woman who looked like a very nice person muttered a single word, softly, but with feeling.
"I didn't come here to be part of a spectacle," muttered the woman next to her.
The woman turned back to the doorkeeper, and muttered again.
