14/23 But now that so many people know it--that they talk about it so much--I cannot go to him now." "But you are not ashamed of being engaged to him--because he is a Jew ?" "No," said Nina, raising herself to her full height; "I am not ashamed of him. To my thinking there is no man like him. I am very proud to think that he has chosen me." "That is well spoken, and I shall tell him." "No, you must not tell him, Ruth. Remember that I talk to you as a friend, and not as a child." "But I will tell him, because then his brow will become smooth, and he will be happy. |