"I was more terrified than ever and scarcely answered:
"'Riches!'
"It seemed as though the Rebbe had not quite understood.
"'Riches?' he asked, and his voice was like thunder.
"'If only ... Parnosseh!' I answer in a lower tone.
"'What, Parnosseh!' he cried as before.
"'Only not to die of hunger!'
"The Rebbe hurried up and down, stopped suddenly and asked:
"'What else?'
"I thought I should drop dead! It seemed to me (I don't know, but it seemed to me) as if someone else, and not I, had control of my tongue, and it replied: