"I am glad, Three Legs," said she warmly. "Thou art much better than many poppies, thou poor little creature, and I am glad I did it. I am glad!"
CHAPTER II
One Sabbath
IT was Sabbath morning, and Naomi and her mother and Ezra were on their way to the synagogue.
They chose back streets as they went, and they met only women and children on their way, for the front roads on the Sabbath day were given up to the men.
Naomi was happy as she walked quietly along holding fast to her mother's hand, for she wore her new hyacinth-blue robe that her mother had spun and her father had woven for her.
Ezra had other thoughts, and presently he whispered in Naomi's ear:
"In two years' time I shall be a Son of the Law, and then I shall sit on the men's side in the synagogue, and walk on the front streets on Sabbath. Thou and Mother will have to come alone."