"On de contrary, you made it much harder for me. Dere vas no dinner left."
"But against that you must reckon that since the Rabbi had already invited one person, he couldn't be so hard to tackle as I had fancied."
"Oh, but you must not judge from yourself," protested Yankelé. "You be not a Schnorrer—you be a miracle."
"But I should like a miracle for my son-in-law also," grumbled the King.
"And if you had to schnorr a son-in-law, you vould get a miracle," said Yankelé soothingly. "As he has to schnorr you, he gets the miracle."
"True," observed Manasseh musingly, "and I think you might therefore be very well content without the dowry."
"So I might," admitted Yankelé, "only you vould not be content to break your promise. I suppose I shall have some of de dowry on de marriage morning."
"On that morning you shall get my daughter—without fail. Surely that will be enough for one day!"
"Vell, ven do I get de money your daughter gets from de Synagogue?"
"When she gets it from the Synagogue, of course."