Because the culprit fainted, the sergeant in the goodness of his
heart divided the punishment into two parts. Jacob was carried off
to the hospital, and it was put down in the book that he was to get
ten more lashes after his recover.

I went home.

Had Anna given me a piece of pork to eat that evening, I do not know
what I should have done.

That night I saw the old rabbi in my dream. He was standing before
me, with bowed head and tears dropping from his eyes. . . . .

I do not remember the way Marusya treated me at first. But I do
remember the look she gave me when I first entered her father's
house. There are trifling matters that one remembers forever. Hers
was a telltale look, wild and merry. It is hard to describe it in
words--as if she wanted to say, "Welcome, friend! You did well in
coming here. I need just you to pass my leisure hours with me!"
And she really needed someone like myself, for she never associated
with the children of the village. The beautiful lively girl used to
have her fits of the blues. Then it was impossible to look at her
face without pitying her. At such times her mother could not get a
word out of her, and the whole expression of her face was changed to
such an extent that she seemed to have aged suddenly. She would
look the very image of her mother then. And a peculiar expression
would steal over her face, which estranged her from other people,
and perhaps brought her nearer to me. During those fits of
despondency she was sure to follow me if I happened to leave the
room and go outside. She would join me and spend hour after hour in