The rules that would govern her daily life would have been explained to her. She must attend the inspection house twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, or face arrest and a fine or three nights in prison on rations of bread and water. She would not be permitted outdoors after eleven at night. She was required to ‘conduct a quiet and silent life’, which assumed she was a prostitute and solicited openly. Regulations prohibited her from loitering in the windows or doorway of where she lived and from ‘calling out to passers-by’. She was required to ‘dress in a decent way when appearing in public’
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