<b>Mary</b><br/><br/>She was nervous - she would really have prefered to be back at the convent and sleeping at this time of night, it was not the first time she had that thought in the last few minutes - but the Father had been clear about her penance.<br/><br/>Thinking about to it she remembered confessing to him about her weaknesses and impure thoughts, expecting a set of prayers and some acts of contrition a recommitment to charity work and perhaps a reduction in meals - instead he had skipped some of those but insisted that she also attend a den of sin such as this so that she could see first hand the people that they were trying to save and how important it was to understand how they could fall to that life.<br/><br/>She had wanted to argue that she knew it well - her parents had fallen to it and she almost did, but that was not how confession worked ... and he was right she might have been distant from those she should be helping.<br/><br/>Still she was miserable enough about the whole thing as she made her way to the door and the large man and smaller man argueing - resolved as she got there with the smaller man winking at her as it was. She wondered about that - she was not dressed for a night out, wearing a light blue jumper which hid her shape as it was perhaps a bit too big for her, and comfortable pants with sensible shoes finished off with a hat to hide her eyes from glare and her head from any rain.<br/>Still she did know her appearance was striking which was part of the reason she hid it andd some still recognised her from her childhood career also, hopefully the man would forget her once inside.<br/><br/>Once inside she considered ordering a water but facing the crowd she choose not too and instead moved to the platforms to escape the lights while allowing her to view the crowd and hopefully learn how to help some people - with luck in the crowd no one would notice she was not drinking.