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Parties of ladies stood on the balconies and were enjoying the coolness of the night air , and it was evident that Lima had no thoughts of going to bed for a long time yet . `` You would hardly see a soul in the streets while the sun is high , '' the muleteer said upon Stephen remarking on the number of people still about . `` The whole town goes to sleep from eleven to four or five , the shops are all closed , and save on a business of life or death no one would think of going out . About six the day really begins , and goes on until one in the morning ; then people sleep till five or six , and for a time the streets are busy ; the marketing is done then , the ladies all go to early mass , the troops do their exercises ; by nine the streets begin to thin , and by ten they are deserted . '' Stephen was much struck with the appearance of the town , which had been laid out with great care , the streets running at right angles to each other , and being all precisely the same width , dividing the town into regular blocks . It contained at that time some 70,000 inhabitants . He was surprised at the want of height in the houses , comparatively few of which had more than one story .