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Barzinsky's inn, where Mishka and I had slept less than a fortnight back, was utterly wrecked, though the fire had not yet reached it, and in a heap in the roadway was the corpse of a woman, clad in a dirty bedgown. Her wig was gone and her skull battered in, but I knew it was the placid, capable, good-tempered landlady herself.
Scarcely one of you carries his handkerchief tied round his loins like my poor old father, peace be upon him! You all carry the burden of it impiously in a pocket. 'I never noticed your handkerchief round your waist! cried the bewildered Barzinsky. 'Perhaps not; I never had a cold; it remained furled. Simeon Samuels' superb insolence twitched Barzinsky's mouth agape.
'Not while Simeon Samuels is selling them cheaper, as with his Sabbath profits he can well afford to do! 'Oh, he said he'd stick to his Sabbath profit, did he? inquired the Parnass. 'We never touched on that, said Peleg miserably. 'I couldn't manage to work the Sabbath into the conversation. 'This is terrible. Barzinsky's fist smote the table. 'I'll go let him suspect my motives or not.
I thought of the red symbol that had dangled from the key of Cassavetti's flat that night, and of the signal and password Mishka had taught me in Petersburg. In two strides I caught up with him, touched his shoulder with the five rapid little taps, thumb and fingers in succession, and said in his ear: "You will come to Barzinsky's within the hour, 'For Freedom. You understand?"
The Almighty knows they are pure. 'Bravo! Well spoken! There was a burst of applause. Several marine-dealers shot out their hands and grasped Barzinsky's in admiration. 'Do not await me, gentlemen, he said importantly. 'Go in peace. 'Good afternoon, Mr. Samuels, said Solomon Barzinsky. 'Good afternoon, sir. What can I do for you? 'You you don't know me? I am a fellow-Jew.
Solomon Barzinsky, Ephraim Mendel, and Peleg the pawnbroker were all rapt in equal piety, while the rest of the congregation was shaken with dreadful gossip about them. Their shops were open, too, it would seem. Immediately after the service the Parnass arrested Solomon Barzinsky's exit, and asked him if the rumour were true. 'Perfectly true, replied Solomon placidly.
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