Now, however, it has
come to life again."
He took me into his "office," lighting the gas-jet in it. A few
minutes later he shut the dining-room door, his face assuming an
extremely grave mien
"By the way, an idea has occurred to me," he said. "But first I want
you to know that I do not mean to profit by our spiritual friendship
for purposes of a material nature. Do you believe me?"
"I certainly do. Go ahead, Mr. Tevkin."
"What I want to say is a pure matter of business. Do you
understand? If you don't want to go into it, just say so, and we
shall drop it."
"Of course," I answered
We were unable to look each other in the face.
"There is a parcel of real estate in Brooklyn," he resumed. "One
could have it for a song."
"But I don't buy real estate," I replied, my cheeks on fire. He
looked at the floor and, after a moment's silence, he said: "That's
all. Excuse me. I don't want you to think I want to presume upon
our acquaintance."
"But I don't. On the contrary, I wish it were in my line. I should be
glad to--"
"That's all," he cut me short.
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