Most of the time, he found it hard to explain to his wife that his work as a sofer-a scribe of God's holy languages-made him rich, despite the very few maravedis it earned them. But as he looked at her, smiling slightly as she cleared the table, he was glad that for once she seemed to understand him."
( Geraldine Brooks )
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