Chapter 43
The Jewish MaidenIN a charity school, among the children, sat a little
Jewish girl. She was a good, intelligent child, and very quick at
her lessons; but the Scripture-lesson class she was not allowed to
join, for this was a Christian school. During the hour of this
lesson, the Jewish girl was allowed to learn her geography, or to
work her sum for the next day; and when her geography lesson was
perfect, the book remained open before her, but she read not
another word, for she sat silently listening to the words of the
Christian teacher. He soon became aware that the little one was
paying more attention to what he said than most of the other
children. "Read your book, Sarah," he said to her
gently.
But again and again he saw her dark, beaming eyes fixed
upon him; an
