Read this passage from "the first seven years." which detail in the passage gives feld a clue that max is not very interested in meeting
miriam?
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"i am a businessman," the shoemaker abruptly said to conceal his embarrassment, "so i will explain you right away why i talk to you. i
have a girl, my daughter miriam-she is nineteen-a very nice girl and also so pretty that everybody looks on her when she passes by in
the street. she is smart, always with a book, and i thought to myself that a boy like you, an educated boy-i thought maybe you will be
interested sometime to meet a girl like this." he laughed a bit when he had finished and was tempted to say more but had the good sens
not to.
max stared down like a hawk. for an uncomfortable second he was silent, then he asked, "did you say nineteen? "
"yes."
"would it be all right to inquire if you have a picture of her? "
"just a minute." the shoemaker went into the store and hastily returned with a snapshot that max held up to the light.
"she's all right," he said.
feld waited.
"and is she sensible--not the flighty kind? "
"she is very sensible."
after another short pause, max said it was okay with him if he met her.
"here is my telephone," said the shoemaker, hurriedly handing him a slip of paper. "call her up. she comes home from work six o'clock.
max folded the paper and tucked it away into his worn leather wallet.
"about the shoes," he said. "how much did you say they will cost me? "
"did you say nineteen? "