"That comes of letting girls go about just as they please among the men," said Lotta.
"But a Jew!" said Madame Zamenoy. "If it had been any kind of a Christian, I could understand it."
"Trendellsohn has such a hold upon her, and upon her father," said Lotta.
"But a Jew! She has been to confession, has she not?"
"Regularly," said Lotta Luxa.
"Dear, dear! what a false hypocrite! And at mass?"
"Four mornings a-week always."
"And to tell me, after it all, that she means to marry a Jew. Of course, Lotta, we must prevent it."
"But how? Her father will do whatever she bids him."
"Father Jerome would do anything for me."