Bk 2: chapter five (10)

In a dark noisy alley, a man walked past snow filled dirty grounds. In such a weather, one would have thought that people will be huddled indoors from the cold, but the entire streets were filled with people drinking and feasting. Though dressed in heavy silk robes, they laughed, drank, ate and sometimes broke out in drunken fights. Between the roaring laughter of men, the giggles of women could be heard as they were groped and sometimes unscrupulously kissed by the men. This scene seemed common on this street, as no one walked out to sneer at the impropriety.

The man seemed unperturbed as he made his way to the end of the alley and knocked on a door thrice.

“Who?” someone said on the other side.