that if he were satisfied he would send me some good customers. When he left my shop I learned from the detectives accompanying him that he was brother of the Czar.
“Later, I tailored suits for many members of the Russian Royal Family and became the friend of generals and of leading men in the country.”
Asked what he thought of Hitler, the old man stared and said a little peevishly, “Hitler? who is he? I never heard of him.”
And Mr. Noah celebrated his ninety-seventh birthday still ignorant of Hitler and why a Jew should know him.
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