[Children of the Ghetto by I. Zangwill]@TWC D-Link bookChildren of the Ghetto CHAPTER XIII 24/25
She will halt on one leg.' Came then the spirit of her second uncle and said: 'Angel, what blazonest thou? A niece of mine marry a man of such family ?' Says the Angel: 'Sh! It is all right.
She will be blind in one eye.' Came the spirit of her third uncle and said: 'Angel, hast thou not erred? Surely thou canst not mean to marry my future niece into such a humble family.' Said the Angel: 'Sh! It is all right.
She will be deaf in one ear.' Now, do you see? If she had only had a fourth uncle, she would have been dumb into the bargain; there is only one mouth and my life would have been a happy one.
Before I told Soorka that history she used to throw up her better breeding and finer family to me.
Even in public she would shed my blood.
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