His coming made no apparent difference to his father.

He grew to be a tall and comely boy, quick and bright, and inclined to be of a sweet and cheerful disposition.

But the school of his upbringing was a hard one.

A Jewish child in Morocco might know from his cradle that he was not born a Moor and a Mohammedan.
When the boy was eight years old his father married a second wife, his first wife being still alive.

This was lawful, though unusual in Tangier.