When the Dew Falleth
SIMAH I was looking all over for you. I know how you love raspberries.
EZRA (teasingly)
Ha, ha, ha! I’ve eaten them nearly all up and left nothing for you.
NACHOMAH (putting @ raspberry into Simah’s mouth)
Here—you little mischief, you.
EzRA (to Nachomah)
And then you say I spoil her! (He steals some berries into her mouth.)
NACHOMAH And I say so still.
SIMAH Why am I bad, tell me. I want with all my heart to please you. I know myself I have to look after you both. Your daughter told me that I must look after you, but I know that even better than she does.
EZRA Of course, of course, my daughter wants you to look after us.
NACHOMAH I have nothing against you. I love you as if you were my own child.
SIMAH I know that you wouldn’t send me away.
NACHOMAH God forbid, who even thinks of such a thing!
EZRA
But a naughty girl you are, anyway! Why have
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