A Watchman.
[Heard in the distance.] Ten o'clock, and all's well! Ten o'clock, and all's well!
[Sachel shakes his head.
END OF THE FIRST ACT.
THE SECOND ACT
Scene: A living room in the rear of Sachel's shop. A door at the back opens into the street; at the left a staircase runs up over a fireplace to a gallery which gives access to two rooms off the stage.
Rosa is discovered at the fireplace. Esther is at the dining-table, which is set with the Sabbath-cloth. Esther crosses to a door at the left.
Esther.