It was then that Jacob Paul for the first time noticed Yetta's presence, and he bowed apologetically.
"Is he also a collector?" he asked, and Max shook his head.
"He's in the garment business," Yetta volunteered, "for himself."
A puzzled expression wrinkled Paul's flat nose.
"I guess I ain't caught the name," he said.
"Lubliner," Yetta replied; "Elkan Lubliner, of Polatkin, Scheikowitz & Company."
"You don't tell me?" Jacob Paul said. "And so Mr. Lubliner is interested in antiques. That's quite a jump, from cloaks and suits to antiques already."
"Well," Merech explained, "Mr. Lubliner is refurnishing his house."
"Maybe," Elkan added as he appeared in the doorway of the partition, followed by Dishkes and Mrs. Ringentaub. "Buying a couple pieces of furniture is one thing, Merech, and refurnishing your house is another."
"You made a good start anyhow," Paul interrupted. "A couple chairs like them gives a tone to a room which is got crayon portraits hanging in it even."