DAVID.
Solemnly.
Upon the death of my brother, Moses Leizer, I received an inheritance (on the counting-board) of two million dollars.
ANATHEMA.
Nervously, lifting four fingers.
Which means four million roubles.
DAVID.
Sternly.
Do not interrupt me, Nullius. Yes, it does mean four million roubles. And now, submitting to the voice of my conscience and the command of God, and also in memory of my children, Hannah, Benjamin, Raphael, and Moses, who died of hunger and disease in their childhood....
He lowers his head and weeps bitterly. Sarah also cries bitterly.