"
"And, tell me, how did you find her? Where did you find her?"
"To-morrow Anton, you shall be told--whatever there is to tell For to-
night, is it not enough for you to know that she is with me? She will
share my bed, and I will be as a sister to her."
Then Anton spoke a word of warm blessing to his friend, and went his
way home.
CHAPTER XVI
Early in the following year, while the ground was yet bound with frost,
and the great plains of Bohemia were still covered with snow, a Jew and
his wife took their leave of Prague, and started for one of the great
cities of the west. They carried with them but little of the outward
signs of wealth, and but few of those appurtenances of comfort which
generally fall to the lot of brides among the rich; the man, however,
was well to do in the world, and was one who was not likely to bring
his wife to want. It need hardly be said that Anton Trendellsohn was
the man, and that Nina Balatka was his wife.
On the eve of their departure, Nina and her friend the Jewess had said
farewell to each other.
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