"My father is here," said Ziska, "but I do not know whether he can see
you."
"You will ask him, perhaps," said Trendellsohn.
"Well, he is engaged. There is a lady with him."
"Perhaps he will make an appointment with me, and I will call again. If
he will name an hour, I will come at his own time."
"Cannot you say to me, Herr Trendellsohn, that which you wish to say to
him?"
"Not very well."
"You know that I am in partnership with my father."
"He and you are happy to be so placed together. But if your father can
spare me five minutes, I will take it from him as a favour."
Then, with apparent reluctance, Ziska came down from his seat and went
into the inner room. There he remained some time, while Trendellsohn
was standing, hat in hand, in the outer office. If the changes which
he hoped to effect among his brethren could be made, a Jew in Prague
should, before long, be asked to sit down as readily as a Christian.
But he had not been asked to sit, and he therefore stood holding his
hat in his hand during the ten minutes that Ziska was away.
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