THE GOD OF VENGEANCE
Yekel
May I always hear such good news! So! You're engaged, are you? And when will the wedding take place, — may it be with luck!
Sarah
Just see with whom he's stopped to talk! It really becomes him! With outcasts, God forgive my words. Reb Ali and the Scribe will be here at any moment!
Shloyme
When'll the wedding take place, you ask? When does one of our kind ever have a wedding? When we'll get a couple of girls we'll get married and open a house of our own. What else can one of us become? Certainly not a Rabbi. But the girls must be something fine, — first class. Fiery and hot-blooded. (Winking to Yekel.) Otherwise it doesn't pay.
Yekel
And what do you want of me, I'd like to know?
Shloyme
What do I want of you? A mere trifle. (Points to Hindel.) She's your woman, isn't she? And she's my sweetheart. She has a claim upon you. (Takes from Hindel her wage-book.) From this day on you'll have to deal
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