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Chapter 10

           Shewaswatchingthemotionsofherfatherwithalookofanxiousandfilialaffection,whilehepacedtheapartmentwithadejectedmienanddisorderedstep;sometimesclaspinghishandstogethersometimescastinghiseyestotheroofoftheapartment,asonewholabouredundergreatmentaltribulation."O,Jacob!"heexclaimed"O,allyetwelveHolyFathersofourtribe!whatalosingventureisthisforonewhohathdulykepteveryjotandtittleofthelawofMosesFiftyzecchinswrenchedfrommeatoneclutch,andbythetalonsofatyrant!"

           "But,father,"saidRebecca,"youseemedtogivethegoldtoPrinceJohnwillingly."

           "Willingly?theblotchofEgyptuponhim!Willingly,saidstthou?Ay,aswillinglyaswhen,intheGulfofLyons,Iflungovermymerchandisetolightentheship,whileshelabouredinthetempestrobedtheseethingbillowsinmychoicesilksperfumedtheirbrinyfoamwithmyrrhandaloesenrichedtheircavernswithgoldandsilverwork!Andwasnotthatanhourofunutterablemisery,thoughmyownhandsmadethesacrifice?"

           "ButitwasasacrificewhichHeavenexactedtosaveourlives,"answeredRebecca,"andtheGodofourfathershassinceblessedyourstoreandyourgettings."

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