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The clouds had again obscured the moon, and the air was again black, but the two now could see each other in the darkness, or feel that they did so. "Nina, Nina why are you here?" "I do not know," said Nina, shivering. "For the love of God take care of her," said Souchey, "or she will be over into the river." "She cannot fall now," said Rebecca. "Nina, will you not come down to me?
It might be best, perhaps, to lie under the bed-clothes and say nothing, if only his sister-in-law would allow him to lie there. "Am I to come in with you, aunt Sophie?" said Nina. "Yes child," said the aunt; "come and hear what I have to say to your father." So Nina followed her aunt, and Lotta and Souchey were left in the sitting-room.
Of course there had been deceit. Of course her aunt and Lotta Luxa and Ziska, who was the worst of them all, had had their hands in it! But what did it signify? They had failed, and she had been successful. Why need she inquire farther? But Souchey, who repented himself thoroughly of his treachery, spoke his mind freely to Lotta Luxa.
"And now, what is it you have to tell me?" said the Jew. After some fashion Souchey told his tale, and the Jew listened to him without a word of interruption. More than once Souchey had paused, hoping that the Jew would say something; but not a sound had fallen from Trendellsohn till Souchey's tale was done. "And it is so is it?" said the Jew when Souchey ceased to speak.
"And what is it that has disturbed you now, Nina? What has Madame Zamenoy said to you?" "She has said nothing as yet. She suspects nothing as yet." "Then let her remain as she is." "But, Anton, Souchey knows, and he will talk." "Souchey! And do you care for that?" "I care for nothing for nothing; for nothing, that is, in the way of preventing me.
Her aunt and her father, Souchey and Lotta Luxa, had all threatened her with Father Jerome; and when it had become manifest to her that it would be necessary that the priest should visit her father in his extremity, she had at first thought that it would be well for her to hide herself.
"And what has come of such giving? Josef Balatka is poor, and Karil Zamenoy bids fair to be as rich as any merchant in Prague. But no matter about that. Will you give a helping hand? There is nothing I wouldn't do for you, Souchey, if we could manage this between us." "Would you now?" And Souchey drew near, as though some closer bargain might be practicable between them.
Fancy, Souchey, your mistress married to a filthy Jew!" "For the matter of that, he isn't so filthy neither." "An abominable Jew! But, Souchey, she will never fall out with him. We must contrive that he shall quarrel with her. If she had a thing about her that he did not want her to have, couldn't you contrive that he should know it?" "What sort of thing? Do you mean another lover, like?"
Who could believe that she would throw herself at once into a Jew's arms such a fellow as Anton Trendellsohn, too, old enough to be her father, and she the bonniest girl in all Prague?" "Handsome is that handsome does, Souchey." "I say she's the sweetest girl in all Prague; and more's the pity she should have taken such a fancy as this." "She mustn't marry him, of course, Souchey."
That which he had to say it would behove him to whisper into the closest privacy of the Jew's ear into the ear of the old Jew or of the young. "It is something very particular," said Souchey. "Very particular is it?" said the Jew. "Very particular indeed." said Souchey.
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