“Well, you know what I said in my article—that you would one day be a great star if only you worked hard and had ambition?”
“Yes.”
“Have you ambition?” he asked her.
“Yes,” returned the actress, wonderingly. “I have—ambition.”
“Will you give me your promise to study and work hard?” the extraordinary little man then asked her.
“I mean to do that—yes!” replied Sarah.
“Then I will prove my faith in you by making this agreement: If you will buy from me the furniture that you need in furnishing your new flat” (her old one had been burned out a few nights before), “I will give you credit for six years!”
Sarah could not believe her ears.
“Credit for six years!” she cried. “But that is a long time!”
“Six years!” repeated the Jew impassively.