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"That Jew, Ziska, owns the house in which father lives. That Jew,
Ziska, is the best friend that--that--that father has."
"I'm sorry you think so, Nina."
"How can I help thinking it? You can't deny, nor can uncle, that the
houses belong to him. The papers got into uncle's hands when he and
father were together, and I think they ought to be given up now. Father
thinks that the Trendellsohns should have them. Even though they are
Jews, they have a right to their own."
"You know nothing about it, Nina. How should you know about such things
as that?"
"I am driven to know. Father is ill, and cannot come himself."
"Oh, laws! I am so uncomfortable. I never will take stuff from Lotta
Luxa again. She thinks a man is the same as a horse."
This little episode put a stop to the conversation about the title-
deeds, and then Madame Zamenoy entered the room. Madame Zamenoy was a
woman of a portly demeanour, well fitted to do honour by her personal
presence to that carriage and horses with which Providence and an
indulgent husband had blessed her.


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