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“If this is some elaborate ruse to win my favor, do not bother with it. As I told Becca, I will not be a nurse”

She adds another aspect to her mourning — the fact that her husband feels as if he is not enough

“Not all of us will find husbands to install us into beautiful houses, gowns, lives, children”

“You think it’s just in the city? It’s everywhere. Daven, daven, and daven”

Felix obscures the visitor, but when Hannah peers around she sees an old-time Jew

“Felix, be reasonable. It may be rather unusual for girls to train as teachers, but it is not unknown”