We went on with the Story of
the Deliverance. Tevkin made frequent pauses to explain and
comment upon the text, often with a burst of oratory. Mrs. Tevkin
and some of the children were obviously bored.
Gracie pleaded hunger
Finally the end of the first part of the story was reached and supper
was served. It was a typical Passover supper, with matzo balls,
and it was an excellent repast. Everybody was talkative and gay. I
addressed some remarks to Anna, and she received them all
cordially
By way of attesting her recognition of Passover as a "national
holiday" she was in festive array, wearing her newest dress, a
garment of blue taffeta embroidered in old rose, with a cr?pe
collar of gray. It mellowed the glow of her healthful pink
complexion. She was the most beautiful creature at the table,
excluding neither her picturesque younger brother nor her majestic
old mother. She shone. She flooded my soul with ecstasy
Tevkin's religion was Judaism, Zionism. Mine was Anna. The
second half of the story is usually read with less pomp and
circumstance than the first, many a passage in it being often
skipped altogether.
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