Ben-Hur, Chapter 6: riassunto

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1. The narrator traces the gate’s history and the market’s lasting importance as a trading place.
2. The scene settles on a cold December morning during Herod the Great’s reign, with business spreading inside the open gate.
3. Vegetable and fruit sellers tend loaded animals, while women and competing vendors offer drinks.
4. Bird dealers, jewelry peddlers, and animal traders add their goods and cries to the crowded market.
5. The narrator directs attention outside the gate toward buyers, larger crowds, tents, booths, and sunshine.

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