I was having a phone call, the street was very noisy so I entered a little courtyard to hear better. It was actually a courtyard next to a primary school. Children were going home after a long day at school. Among them, a small mixed-raced girl (of Indian origin I think), maybe nine or ten years old, began to gawk at me like I was some kind of wild beast. I looked back into her eyes and could see an admixture of fear, disgust and curiosity. This was more than a mere "why is this guy here". She looked for at least 30 seconds like she had seen the Devil himself.
