“Who was with you?”
“Max, aunt.”
“What happened to make you look so strange?”
In the most self-possessed manner possible Susannah replied—
“He told me he loved me, and I promised to marry him.”
Old Schalk and his wife both gasped; then the old man broke out—
“You promised to marry him—a Jew—one of those who denied the Lord Jesus and crucified Him?”
“I am sure Max did not do that; for one thing, he was not born at the time.”
“Don’t tell me! If he did not do it himself his forefathers did, and the Lord laid a curse on the Jews.”
“Who ever heard of such a thing as marrying a Jew?” broke in Mrs Hattingh. “I am sure the minister would refuse you the sacrament if you were to do it.”