’He-he-he!’saidtheRabbi，risingfromhisseat；’hehadtwofaces，hadhe？Andwhatdidthosetwofacestypify？Youdonotknow；no，nordidtheRomanswhocarvedhimwithtwofacesknowwhytheydidso；fortheywereonlyhalfenlightened，likeyouandtherestoftheGoyim。Yettheywererightincarvinghimwithtwofaceslookingfromeachother-theywereright，thoughtheyknewnotwhy；therewasatraditionamongthemthattheJaninosohadtwofaces，buttheyknewnotthatonewasfortheworldwhichwasgoneandtheotherfortheworldbeforehim-forthedrownedworldandforthepresent，asMasterLeoAbarbenelsaysinhisDIALOGUESOF
DIVINELOVE。He-he-he!’continuedtheRabbi，whohadbythistimeadvancedtothedoor，and，turninground，wavedthetwoforefingersofhisrighthandinourfaces；’theGoyimsandEpicouraiyimareclevermen，theyknowhowtomakemoneybetterthanweofIsrael。Mygoodfriendthereisacleverman，Ibringhimmoney，heneverbroughtmeany；BUENO，Idonotblamehim，heknowsmuch，verymuch；butonethingthereismyfrienddoesnotknow，noranyoftheEpicureans，hedoesnotknowthesacredthing-hehasneverreceivedthegiftofinterpretationwhichGodalonegivestotheseed-hehashisgift，Ihavemine-heissatisfied，Idon’tblamehim，BUENO。’
And，withthislastwordinhismouth，hedeparted。
’IsthatmananativeofSpain？’Idemanded。
’NotanativeofSpain，’saidtheArmenian，’thoughheisoneofthosewhocallthemselvesSpanishJews，andwhoaretobefoundscatteredthroughoutEurope，speakingtheSpanishlanguagetransmittedtothembytheirancestors，whowereexpelledfromSpaininthetimeofFerdinandandIsabella。’