He replied, in an assured and pleasant voice, "I have hardly the pretension to be called a friend, madam." "Are you a Jew ?" Her abruptness knocked something like a laugh almost out of him, but he restrained the signs of it.
"I am not." "You wouldn't be ashamed to tell me you were one if you were ?" "Not at all." "You like the Jews ?" "Those I know I like." "Not many Christians have the good sense and the good heart of Arthur Abner.

Now go and eat.

Come back to me when you've done.

I hope you are hungry.

Ask the butler for the wine you prefer." She had not anticipated the enrolment in her household of a man so young and good-looking.