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278 PRISCHMANN
Once again: three people ate.
At the moment when the awesome scene in the Shool is before me, there are three Jews sitting in a room opposite the Shool, and they also are eating.
They are the three "enlightened" ones of the place: the tax-collector, the inspector, and the teacher.
The window is wide open, so that all may see ; on the table stands a samovar, glasses of red wine, and eat- ables. And the three sit with playing-cards in their hands, playing Preference, and they laugh and eat and drink.
Do they also belong to the heroes ?
