Chapter 19 Summary

One morning, the town wakes up to discover an unusual stillness at Mimi's house. The Rabbi does not show up for shul as normal. There is no movement at the house. Around noon, the Rabbi leaves the house and goes straight to his office. Although the ladies call Mimi's house, no one answers. Mrs. Levy and Helen both go to the house but no one answers the door. Near the end of the day, Esther goes to the house and begs Mimi to tell her what is wrong. Mimi tells her that Yosef has left.

The ladies believe at first that Batsheva and Yosef have left together. After dark, Mimi leaves her house and goes to the shul. As her eyes adjust to the dark, Mimi realizes that she is not alone. The other person turns out to be Batsheva. Batsheva already knows...