The House That Shadows Built (1928)

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THE ORPHAN OF RICSE IS for an educated man except that of notary or village rabbi illustrates the narrow outlook of the circle into which he was born. Samuel Rosenberg listened sympathetically, drew him out, and then did a thing which Adolph Zukor was long in forgiving. Impelled by sense of duty, he reported the conversation to Kalman Liebermann. The Rabbi took it hard. Although Adolph held up his end in the subsequent family row, he sympathized a little and sympathizes wholly now with his uncle’s point of view. Rabbi Liebermann, in taking on these two orphans, had performed an act of pure sacrifice to the memory of a favourite sister and to religion. It had forced the Liebermanns to live so closely that every pinch of salt and every pin counted. “A new pair of shoes,” said Adolph Zukor years later, “was an event.” And in the case of Adolph, the sacrifice had gone in vain. When at last the Rabbi cooled off, he did the sensible thing. As I have said already, Szalka is ten miles from Ricse. Ten miles in another direction lies Szanto, a small winegrowing centre. There Herman Blau, well and favourably known to Kalman Liebermann, kept the big general store. A few weeks later Adolph Zukor, taking his initial step into the outer world, travelled to Szanto by diligence with his articles of apprenticeship in his pocket. By their terms he must serve Herman Blau truly and faithfully for the space of three years. Apprenticeship in Hungary does not differ essentially