But then Mrs. Tevkin's father had been a physician,
and Jewish physicians belonged, in the conception of my
childhood and youth, to the highest social level. Another mark of
her noble birth, according to my Antomir ideas, was the fact that
she often addressed her husband and her older children, not in
Yiddish or English, but in Russian. Compared to her, Matilda's
mother was a plebeian
The only other person in the family who played the piano with
facility and confidence was Emil.
I had never been in a house of this kind in my life. I was fascinated
beyond expression
Anna's constraint soon wore off and she treated me with charming
hospitality. So did Elsie. There was absolutely no difference in
their manner toward me. Elsie gave me the attention which a girl
usually accords to a close friend of her father's, and this was also
the sort of attention I received from her older sister. It was as if
the Catskill episode had never taken place and she were now
seeing me for the first time
I met Moissey and his wife at my next visit.
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