Here Kalonymos rose, and Deronda, rising also, said,
"And in being faithful to him you have caused justice to be done to me. It would have been a robbery of me too that I should never have known of the inheritance he had prepared for me. I thank you with my whole soul."
"Be worthy of him, young man. What is your vocation?" This question was put with a quick abruptness which embarrassed Deronda, who did not feel it quite honest to allege his law-reading as a vocation. He answered,
"I cannot say that I have any."

Here Kalonymos rose, and Deronda, rising also, said-
"I thank you with my whole soul."
"Be worthy of him, young man. What is your vocation?" This question embarrassed Deronda, who did not feel it honest to allege his law-reading as a vocation. He answered-
"I cannot say that I have any."
