They see evil in all my doings, and in this act also they will find offence.

Promise me that if they make a mock at you for your husband's sake you will not see them; if they taunt you that you will not hear them; and if they ask anything concerning me that you will answer them not at all." And Ruth promised him that if his enemies made a mock at her she should be as one that was blind, if they taunted her as one that was deaf, and if they questioned her concerning her husband as one that was dumb.

Then they parted with many tears and embraces.
Israel was half a year absent in the town and province of Wazzan, and, having finished the work which he came to do, he was sent back to Tetuan loaded with presents from the Shereef, and surrounded by soldiers and attendants, who did not leave him until they had brought him to the door of his own house.
And there, in her chamber, sat Ruth awaiting him, her eyes dim with tears of joy, her throat throbbing like the throat of a bird, and great news on her tongue.
"Listen," she whispered; "I have something to tell you--" "Ah, I know it," he cried; "I know it already.

I see it in your eyes." "Only listen," she whispered again, while she toyed with the neck of his kaftan, and coloured deeply, not daring to look into his face.
Their prayer in the synagogue had been heard, and the child they had asked for was to come.
Israel was like a man beside himself with joy.

He burst in upon the message of his wife, and caught her to his breast again and again, and kissed her.