"Harris the Gabbai."
"Harris! What, despite your opinions?"
The Red Beadle looked away.
"So it seems!"
"Thank God!" said Hulda. "The Idea works."
Both men turned to the bed, startled to see her sitting up with a rapt smile.
"How so?" said the Red Beadle uneasily. "I am not a Goy (Christian) befriended by a Gabbai."
"No, but it is the brotherhood of humanity."
"Bother the brotherhood of humanity, Frau Herz!" said the Red Beadle gruffly. He glanced round the denuded room. "The important thing is that you will now be able to have a few delicacies."
"I?" Hulda opened her eyes wide.