"Raphael—that sounds Jewish," she murmured. She longed to ask in what country Rome was, but feared to betray herself.
Brum laughed again. "Raphael Jewish! Why—so it is! It's a Hebrew word meaning 'God's healing.'"
"God's healing!" repeated Zillah, awestruck.
Her mind was made up.
X
"Knowest thou what, Jossel?" she said in "Yiddish," as they sat by the Friday-night fireside when Brum had been put to bed. "I have heard of a new doctor, better than all the others!" After all it was the doctor, the healer, the exorcist of the Evil Eye, that she was seeking in the Pope, not the Rabbi of an alien religion.
Jossel shook his head. "You will only throw more money away."
"Better than throwing hope away."
"Well, who is it now?"
"He lives far away."