Three hundred people.
A fair number of them looked like high school students.
That so many people could be gathered in one place meant one of two things: either the space was enormous, or they were packed in tight.
In this case, it was a bit of both.
Three hundred people knelt side-by-side in a vast, cavernous hall.
Yet for all the people present, not one of them spoke a word.
So, was it quiet? No, not even close. Not with the woman