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A CROWD was already waiting in the cloister of the Kath-arinenkirche. Almost all of them were sitting on suitcases and baskets or were surrounded by packages and bundles. "Most of them were women and children. Graeber took his place among them with his roll of bedding and bags. An old woman with a face like a horse was sitting beside him. "If only they don't ship us out as evacuees! " she said. "You hear such stories about that. Living in barracks with not enough to eat and the farmers being cross and mean."
"I don't care if they do! " a thin girl replied. "I only want to get away. Anything is better than being dead. It's their duty to take care of us. We have lost all our possessions. It's their duty to take care of us."