‘No. I think I will leave it, for luck. Besides it is convenient, if I should want to let anything slip through, between the velvet and the lining.’
‘That is true,’ observed Berbel, watching him intently.
‘A thing might lie a long time between the velvet and the lining of a coat in a Jew’s shop,’ remarked Wastei presently.
‘Very long.’
‘Long enough for people not to want it, when it is found.’
‘It depends on what it is.’
‘A ticket for a lottery, for instance, would not be of much use after a year or two.’
‘Not much, as you say,’ assented Berbel, keeping her eye upon him.
‘Or an old letter, either,’ said Wastei with perfect indifference.
‘That depends on the person to whom it is addressed.’