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Children of the Night

Posted by Brain Stroker on September 23, 2004

In Reply to: Lady of the evening posted by TheFallen on September 21, 2004

: : : I know what this is, but how did it come to be called this?

: : My guess is that her visitors would stop by in the late evening, under the cover of darkness.

: More commonly called a "lady of the night" here in the UK.

A 'lady of the night' could be a succubus or an incubus...

(In Amsterdam the other kind of 'ladies of the night' work in daylight - that must confuse them)

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