"Thou knowest that my Leah presented me with a costly _Talith_ when I led her under the canopy.

Wherefore, do thou take my praying-shawl and lend it to Bear for the wedding-day, so that decency may be preserved in the sight of the congregation.

The young man has a great heart, and he will understand." So Chayah, blushing prettily, lent Bear Naphtali's delicate _Talith_, and Beauty and the Beast made a rare couple under the wedding canopy.
Chayah wore the gold medallion and the three rows of pearls which her lover had sent her the day before.

And when the Rabbi had finished blessing husband and wife, Naphtali spake the bridegroom privily, and said: "Pass me my _Talith_ back." But Bear answered: "Nay, nay; the _Talith_ is in my keeping, and there it shall remain." "But it is my _Talith_," protested Naphtali in an angry whisper.

"I only lent it to Chayah to lend it thee." "It concerns me not." Bear returned in a decisive whisper.