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Updated: May 23, 2025
With a thrill of apprehension she saw that in place of the humble member of the congregation who usually attended there, the tall, fair-bearded Arch-Mystic known as George Norov was guarding the door. Small though the incident might appear, it conveyed to her, as no spoken declaration could have done, the spirit of action and vigilance reigning in the House.
Accordingly, Norov suggested that the right of residence in the whole Russian Empire should be granted to the graduates of the higher and secondary educational institutions. Those Jews who should have failed to attend school were to be restricted in their right of entering the mercantile guilds.
More than once, Bale-Corphew moved uneasily and shot a glance at Norov; but the Prophet was unconscious of these surreptitious signs. For half an hour he read on, slowly, distinctly, impressively; then, still following the routine of the evening service, he closed the book and calmly moved across the Sanctuary to the Throne.
While the thought flashed through her mind, Norov surveyed her from his great height. "You are in good time, my child; the Gathering is for eight o'clock." She looked up at him. "Yes," she said, quickly. "I know it is for eight o'clock, but I have come early. I have come because I wish " Her courage faltered before the intent, searching gaze of his blue eyes.
To-night I will speak to you as one of yourselves." Something in the tone something in the words struck a note of surprise and uneasiness. Again Bale-Corphew shot a swift glance at Norov, and old Michael Arian lifted his head and strained his sightless eyes towards the Throne, while Enid's hands tightened spasmodically on the back of the chair in front of her, and her lips parted in new fear.
As they passed her seat, Norov turned and shot a glance of cold curiosity in her direction; but otherwise the whole group seemed unaware of her presence. Still inert, she sat, watching every movement in the scene before her as one might watch a drama that would, at a given moment, cease to be entertainment and become real life.
At last the Prophet raised his hand; and by habit and training, the people subsided into silence. Instantly Bale-Corphew's voice rang out. "Listen!" he cried; "listen!" But again the Precursor interrupted. "People," he demanded, "will you refuse the Prophet the right of speech? Will you refuse to hear the Prophet's words?" "This is sacrilege! Sacrilege!" Norov suddenly raised his voice.
As early as in 1857 the Minister of Public Instruction Norov had submitted a memorandum to the Jewish Committee in which he argued that "religious fanaticism and prejudice among the Jews" could only be exterminated by inducing the Jewish youth to enter the general educational establishments, "which end can only be obtained by enlarging their civil rights and by offering them material advantages."
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