‘The Chief Rabbi.’
‘You bear letters to him?’
‘What is that to you?’
‘Hush! hush! You do not know what Jerusalem is, young man. You must not think of going on in this way. Where do you come from?’
‘Bagdad.’
‘Bagdad! Jerusalem is not Bagdad. A Turk is a brute, but a Christian is a demon.’
‘But our quarter, our quarter?’
‘Hush! you want the Chief Rabbi?’
‘Ay! ay!’
‘Rabbi Zimri?’