Ran the gauntlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark
dripping gardens where odours arose from
the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables
where a coachman smoothed and combed
the horse or shook music from the buckled
harness. When we returned to the street light
from the kitchen windows had filled the areas.
If my uncle was seen turning the corner we
hid in the shadow until we had seen him
safely housed. Or if Mangan's sister came out
on the doorstep to call her brother in to his
tea we watched her from our shadow peer up
and down the street. We waited to see
whether she would remain or go in and, if she
remained, we left our shadow and walked up
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paragraph of the passage, on pages 1 and 2
Click the underlined phrase that MOST suggests
the narrator and his friends recognize the
inherent danger of the neighborhood.