The uproar was akin to that of colossal jaws-a mighty sound to which each phase of the provisioning contributed, from the whip-cracking of the larger retail dealers as they started off for the district markets to the dragging pit-a-pat of the old shoes worn by the poor women who hawked their lettuces in baskets from door to door.
Egundoko masailezurrek mastekatzean egindako hotsa zen hura, horniduraren iskanbilan sortutako azantza, soinu txiki askoren nahaspila, auzoetako azoketarantz zihoazen handizkako saltzaileek jotako zartailu kolpeak entzuten ziren, bai eta saskia besoan atez ate urazak saldu nahian zebiltzan emakume behartsuen oinetako zaharren narras soinua ere.