"I have seen her riding past my house, I have also seen her walking near Pumpelhagen; I greeted her, and she kindly returned the old Jew's greeting."
"Moses, do you know that the Herr von Rambow is deeply in debt?"
"I know it."
"You have sued him."
"I know it."
"Moses, you must withdraw your suit; your money is safely invested."
"What do you call safe? I spoke to you about it last spring. In such times as these property is not safe, a man is safer; but Herr von Rambow is not a man whom I can trust, he is a bad manager, he is a fool about horses, he is a----"
"Hold! Remember his wife is here."
"Well, I remember."
Frida was suffering tortures. They were silent for awhile; then Habermann began again: