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He thought that Ziska was endeavouring to deceive him in the spirit of what he said, but that as regarded the letter, the young man was endeavouring to adhere to some fact for the salvation of his conscience as a Christian. If Anton Trendellsohn could but find out in what lay the quibble, the discovery might be very serviceable to him.
Karil Zamenoy has the papers, which are in truth mine or my father's which should be here in my iron box." And Trendellsohn, as he spoke, put his hand forcibly on the seat beside him, as though the iron box to which he alluded were within his reach. "I know they are yours," said Nina. "Yes; and without them, should your father die, I could not claim my property.
"If you mean about her promise to Trendellsohn, Father Jerome would tell her in a minute that she should not keep such a promise to a Jew." "She would not mind Father Jerome." "And what does she mind? Will she not mind you?" "Me; yes she will mind me, to give me my food." "Will she not obey you?" "How am I to bid her obey me? But I will try, Ziska." "You would not wish her to marry a Jew?"
I suppose young Trendellsohn has been talking to you again about it. I suppose he suspects me; if so, no doubt, you will suspect me too." "Oh, father! how can you be so cruel?" "If he thinks the papers are here, it is his own house; let him come and search for them." "He will not do that, I am sure." "What is it he wants, then? I can't go out to your uncle and make him give them up."
Do you know that not a priest in Prague would give her absolution though she were on her dying bed? Oh, holy Mary, it's a terrible thing to think of! It's bad enough for the old man and her to be there day after day without a morsel to eat; and I suppose if it were not for Anton Trendellsohn it would be bad enough with them "
So he passed on, making the entire round of the synagogue; and when he got outside the crowded door, he found that the younger Trendellsohn had followed him. "We had better go into the house," said Anton; "it will not be well for us to talk here on any matter of business. Will you follow me?"
Old Trendellsohn had never uttered a word of complaint to Nina had said nothing to make her suppose that she was not welcome to the house; but he had never spoken to her with happy, joy-giving words, as the future bride of his son. He still called her his daughter, as he had done before; but he did it only in his old fashion, using the affectionate familiarity of an old friend to a young maiden.
"Believe in the truth of your own people," said the father. "Why should you seek to be wiser than them all?" The father did not convince the son, but the words which he had spoken helped to create a doubt which already had almost an existence of its own. Anton Trendellsohn was prone to suspicions, and now was beginning to suspect Nina, although he strove hard to keep his mind free from such taint.
"They know how to take care of themselves, Nina." "Very likely." "They have managed to get all your father's property between them." "I don't know how that is. Father says that the business which uncle and you have was once his, and that he made it. In these matters the weakest always goes to the wall. Father has no son to help him, as uncle Karil has and old Trendellsohn."
She went to a little drawer and took out a string of beads which had lain there unused since she had been made to believe that the Virgin and the saints would not permit her marriage with Anton Trendellsohn. She took out the beads but she did not use them. She passed no berries through her fingers to check the number of prayers said, for she found herself unable to say any prayer at all.
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