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Maybe it was easier to miss her when she was gone, than live with her. Maybe he is ashamed of his shtetl wife

What is better, bitterness or innocence? Emptiness or the wisdom that comes with facing the darkness?

Fortuna turns to her with fire in her eyes. “A teacher has to be an example. And you are no example to my daughter”

“Rebecca or Shayna. Teacher or domestic servant. For me, what matters is that you Jewish meidelach all bring in good money for me”

What sort of land has she come to? What chaos of disorder and anarchy? She wants to wail and screech

Who would have thought that now, at this age, there is more to tie her to home than ever?