'Cain and Abel were brothers. There were many peaceful years while Cain tilled the ground and Abel pastured his sheep.'
The Biblical reference was more convincing to Tinowitz than a wilderness of arguments.
'Then, what do you propose?' came from his white lips.
'To form a branch of the Samooborona. You must first summon a meeting of householders.'
'What for?'
'For a general committee—and for the expenses.'
'But how can we hold a meeting? The police——'
'There's the synagogue.'
'Profane the synagogue!'
'Did not the Jews always fly to the synagogue when there was danger?'