'
'And which is right?' inquired Rabbi Zimri.
'Neither,' said Rabbi Maimon.
'One hundred and twenty reasons are strong proof,' said Rabbi Zimri.
'The most learned and illustrious Doctor Aaron Mendola, of Granada,'
said Rabbi Maimon, 'has shown that we must look for the Tombs of the
Kings in the south of Spain.'
'All that Mendola writes is worth attention,' said Rabbi Zimri.
'Rabbi Hillel,[40] of Samaria, is worth two Mendolas any day,' said
Rabbi Maimon.
''Tis a most learned doctor,' said Rabbi Zimri; 'and what thinks he?'
'Hillel proves that there are two Tombs of the Kings,' said Rabbi
Maimon, 'and that neither of them are the right ones.'
'What a learned doctor!' exclaimed Rabbi Zimri.
'And very satisfactory,' remarked Alroy.
'These are high subjects,' continued Maimon, his blear eyes twinkling
with complacency. 'Your guest, Rabbi Zimri, must read the treatise of
the learned Shimei, of Damascus, on "Effecting Impossibilities."'
'That is a work!' exclaimed Zimri.
'I never slept for three nights after reading that work,' said Rabbi
Maimon. 'It contains twelve thousand five hundred and thirty-seven
quotations from the Pentateuch, and not a single original observation.
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