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“- Anna: In 1857, it's estimated there were 80,000 prostitutes in the county of London.
- Mike: Yeah?
- Anna: Out of every 60 houses, one was a brothel.
- Mike: Hoo, hoo, hoo.
- Anna: At a time when the male population of London of all ages was one and a quarter million, the prostitutes were receiving clients at a rate of two million per week.
- Mike: Two million?”Anna is reading from a book
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(The French Lieutenant's Woman)
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