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After this the Jewish borderland of Bohemia, where writers and painters are courted, began to see Barstein again. But, unfortunately, this was not Mabel's circle, and Barstein was reduced to getting himself invited to that Jewish Bayswater, his loathing for which had not been overcome even by his new-found nationalism.
At his advent his wife, vastly relieved, shepherded her flock into the kitchen and closed the door, leaving Barstein alone with the long man, who seemed, as he stood gazing at his visitor, positively soaring heavenwards with rapture. But Barstein inquired brutally: 'Where do you do your dentistry? 'Never mind me, replied Nehemiah ecstatically.
When our custom will become too large we shall take over Bergman's great fashionable restaurant in the Whitechapel Road. He has already given me the option thereof; it is only two hundred pounds. And if your gentility 'But I cannot afford two hundred pounds, interrupted Barstein, alarmed. 'No, no, it is the Almighty who will afford that, said Nehemiah reassuringly. 'From you I ask nothing.
Four pounds would be a very present help; he could continue his London career. With fifteen pounds he was ready to start off anywhither. With thirty pounds he would end all his troubles in Jerusalem. Such nebulousness appeared to necessitate a personal visit, and the next day, finding himself in bad form, Barstein angrily bashed in a clay visage, clapped on his hat, and repaired to the Minories.
'In that case, replied Barstein drily, 'I must say I consider it an excellent plan. Your idea of building up from small foundations is most sensible some of the young men may even have toothache but I do not see where you need me unless to supply a few papers. 'Did I not say you were from heaven? Nehemiah's eyes shone again. 'But I do not require the papers.
With a lover's impatience, Barstein had made the mistake of seeking Sir Asher in his counting-house, where the municipal magnate sat among his solidities.
'They're supposed to, Barstein replied, a little jarred as he picked up a cigar. 'No wonder they beat the Christians, observed the young Radical, who evidently took original views. 'So much time for digestion would enable any race to survive in this age of quick lunches. In America, now they should rule the roast. Literally, he added, with a laugh.
O sublime that grazed the ridiculous! But Sir Asher was still praying on: 'Have mercy, O Lord our God, upon Israel Thy people, upon Jerusalem Thy city, upon Zion the abiding place of Thy glory, upon the kingdom of the house of David, Thine anointed.... Barstein lost himself in a fresh reverie. Here was indeed the Palestinian patriarch.
It is enough for me that your holy feet have stood in my homestead. I thought you might send money. But to come with your own feet! Now I shall be able to tell I have spoken with him face to face! Barstein was touched. 'I think you will need a larger table for the reading-room, he said. The tall figure shook its tall hat. 'It is only gas that I need for my operations.
Silvermann drew it down from the row of ragged books, and Nehemiah, fluttering the pages and bending over the rushlight, became lost to the problem of his future. Barstein addressed himself to the wife. 'What business do you think your husband could set up here? 'Is he not a dentist? she inquired in reply. Barstein turned to the busy peering flutterer. 'Would you like to be a dentist again?
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