"And where learned you all this, friend priest?" There was an indifferent raillery in the tone which chilled Yusuf to the heart.
"From Nathan, a Christian Jew, and his wife—people who live close to God if any one does."
"In the Jewish quarter?"
"Even so."
Amzi laughed. "Truly, friend, you have chosen a fair spot for your revelation—a quarter of filth and vice. A case of good coming out of evil, truly!"
"Will you not grant that there are some good even in the Jewish quarter?"
"Some, perhaps; yet there are some good among all peoples."
"Amzi, can you not believe?"
"No, no, friend Yusuf; I am glad for your happiness—believe what you will. But it is foreign to Amzi's nature to accept on hearsay that which he has not inquired into—probed to the bottom even. He cannot accept the testimony of any passing stranger, however plausible it may seem. Rejoice if you will, Yusuf, in the spring of a night-tune, but leave Amzi to seek for the deep waters still."
Amzi was now talking quickly and impressively.