7/10 He had come to see if Jerusalem was ascending upwards or sinking downwards. He desired its descent, for he longed for rest. The old man stood in front of the cobbler and said to him softly: "Grandson of Uriah! You refuse a brief rest to this poorest of poor creatures? You will experience human misery to the uttermost and never be able to rest. The curse of your people will be fulfilled in you--you heartless Jew!" At that selfsame hour Simeon, the citizen, was sitting alone in his house thinking over his fate, and he was sad. |