Having completed the description of the astrologer himself, the narrator turns his attention to the marketplace in which the astrologer has set up shop. It is interesting to note that the marketplace’s enchantment can both benefit from modern technology and suffers from it. Gas lamps and flares on poles provide an unsteady, multi-hued light that give it a storybook, mysterious feel. However, these are only in place because proper municipal lighting has not yet been installed, in which case it is implied that the market would have a more austere, modern feel to it. This detail not only makes an…