Mishpacha Magazine

Rocking Horse: Chapter 14

Heavens, did the Alliance not send her someone who could speak a normal language?

Hannah lifts the stool and puts it down just to Sarah’s side. She opens the seat to see the music. Beethoven. Mozart. Wagner

Adler. She nods. This is a nice Jewish name. True, he wore no head covering, but Adlers are solid

If she says it with enough enthusiasm, they may be able to pretend that they are off on a fairytale journey

"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”

“Wherever. They give us their thoughts, but not their bodies. They give us analysis, but not experience.”