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 DAVID That is why your husband took it so to heart and allowed himself to be led away by his comrades. PESEH My poor Gerson! How worried he must be. DAVID Naturally. CHANNAH Maybe father can beg off this time. He could explain it to him—that it wasn’t his fault, and he might let him off this time. DAVID What are you talking about, Channah? You don’t know them. They are like steel. That money is as good as lost. PESEH Lost! (She sighs heavily, lost in thought. She goes on rocking the cradle, mumbling to herself, Ah—what sort of people are they? Two rubles! Oi! What sort of beings... two . . « (She dozes off ) DAVID You aren’t in bed yet, Channah? CHANNAH I have a few houzs’ work still on this dress before it is finished. DAVID Then you will surely be working far into the night. Won’t tomorrow be time enough? CHANNAH No. The dress must be finished today, David. Can’t you see what is going on here?