Then all said:
"You must punish Meir!"
Saul bent his sorrowful face.
"Lord of the world," he whispered with trembling lips, "have I deserved that the light of my eyes should be changed into darkness?"
Then he raised his head and said with determination:
"I will punish him."
Abraham's eyes, fixed on his father's face, were shining.
"Father," said he, "you must think the most of that Karaimian girl. That unclean friendship between them is a great shame to our whole family. You know, father, our custom—no Israelite shall know another woman save the one his parents have destined for his wife."
It seemed that Saul's wrinkled forehead was covered with a pinkish flush.
"I will soon marry him," he answered.