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He knew the whyfores and the wherefores but he was weak, very weak, on the therefores.
Banks the Butcher took Meltzer the Scholar as an apprentice and he made it very clear that a man of learning must be able to do more than just quote the Commentaries of the Talmud in order to live.
So Meltzer learned a new trade from Banks, who supplied the town and the hotels with meat.
Banks had a family- a wife, a daughter, and a son.
The daughter, Lilly, was a very good friend of mine and I ALWAYS had hopes that someday she and Meltzer would find each other.
They lived in the same house and it didn't seem to be such a hard thing to do, but the sad realities of Lilly's life and the fact that Meltzer didn't love her never satisfied my wishful thinking.
Banks the Butcher was a hard master and a hard father, a man who didn't seem to know the difference between the living flesh of his family and the hanging carcasses of his stock in trade.
