There he remained some time, while Trendellsohn was standing, hat in hand, in the outer office.

If the changes which he hoped to effect among his brethren could be made, a Jew in Prague should, before long, be asked to sit down as readily as a Christian.
But he had not been asked to sit, and he therefore stood holding his hat in his hand during the ten minutes that Ziska was away.

At last young Zamenoy returned, and, opening the door, signified to the Jew that his father would see him at once if he would enter.

Nothing more had been said about the lady, and there, when Trendellsohn went into the room, he found the lady, who was no other than Madame Zamenoy herself.

A little family council had been held, and it had been settled among them that the Jew should be seen and heard.
"So, sir, you are Anton Trendellsohn," began Madame Zamenoy, as soon as Ziska was gone--for Ziska had been told to go--and the door was shut.
"Yes, madame; I am Anton Trendellsohn.