And despite the internal self-discipline which each community practised-strongly discouraging marriage outside the group, for example-such cities offered endless opportunities for quiet defiance.
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人应该作人事,他们尽作鬼事,偷偷摸摸地就要不守规矩,没有结婚就想试一试,结果就生了小孩子。
Human beings should act like human beings, but they do things like ghosts — covertly not obeying the rules, wanting to try things before they get married... as a result, they have a baby.