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Part One
Rathershallwebeevilwithyouthangoodwithallourbrothers.MaytheCouncilhavemercyuponbothourhearts!”
ThenwewalkedawaytogetherandbacktotheHomeoftheStreetSweepers.Andwewalkedinsilence.
Thusdiditcometopassthateachnight,whenthestarsarehighandtheStreetSweeperssitintheCityTheatre,we,Equality7-2521,stealoutandrunthroughthedarknesstoourplace.ItiseasytoleavetheTheatre;whenthecandlesareblownoutandtheActorscomeontothestage,noeyescanseeusaswecrawlunderourseatandundertheclothofthetent.Later,itiseasytostealthroughtheshadowsandfallinlinenexttoInternational4-8818,asthecolumnleavestheTheatre.Itisdarkinthestreetsandtherearenomenabout,fornomenmaywalkthroughtheCitywhentheyhavenomissiontowalkthere.Eachnight,weruntotheravine,andweremovethestoneswhichwehavepiledupontheirongrilltohideitfromthemen.Eachnight,forthreehours,weareundertheearth,alone.
WehavestolencandlesfromtheHomeoftheStreetSweepers,wehavestolenflintsandknivesandpaper,andwehavebroughtthemtothisplace.WehavestolenglassvialsandpowdersandacidsfromtheHomeoftheScholars.Nowwesitinthetunnelforthreehourseachnightandwestudy.Wemeltstrangemetals,andwemixacids,andwecutopenthebodiesoftheanimalswhichwefindintheCityCesspool.Wehavebuiltanovenofthebrickswegatheredinthestreets.Weburnthewoodwefindintheravine.
