I'll arrange to run up to town again in a fortnight or so, and then Reb Shemuel shall see that we are properly untied.

You don't mind being my wife for a fortnight, I hope, Miss Jacobs ?" asked Sam, winking gleefully at Leah.

She smiled back at him and they laughed together over the danger they had just escaped.

Hannah laughed too, in contemptuous amusement at the rigidity of Jewish Law.
"I'll tell you what, Sam, can't you come back for next Saturday week ?" said Leah.
"Why ?" asked Sam.

"What's on ?" "The Purim Ball at the Club.