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onemighthavethought,expresslytolamealllivingcreaturesthat approachedthem,haddamneditintolittlepoolsthesewere surrounded,eachbyitsownjostlinggrouporcrowd,accordingto itssize.Somemenkneeleddown,madescoopsoftheirtwohands joined,andsipped,ortriedtohelpwomen,whobentovertheir shoulders,tosip,beforethewinehadallrunoutbetweentheir fingers.Others,menandwomen,dippedinthepuddleswithlittle mugsofmutilatedearthenware,orevenwithhandkerchiefsfrom women’sheads,whichweresqueezeddryintoinfants’mouths othersmadesmallmud-embankments,tostemthewineasitran others,directedbylookers-onupathighwindows,dartedhere andthere,tocutofflittlestreamsofwinethatstartedawayinnew directionsothersdevotedthemselvestothesoddenandlee-dyed piecesofthecask,licking,andevenchampingthemoisterwinerotted fragmentswitheagerrelish.Therewasnodrainagetocarry offthewine,andnotonlydiditallgettakenup,butso