In my mind's eye, I looked down at the toes of high-topped, lace-up leather boots, peeking from under a long brown skirt that bent the grass sideways as it trailed the ground and tented gently outward with every step.

She's tough-skinned, if she can work for slave-drivers like those guys.

That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber the arabics.

Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.