Chapter 37“Ima, there’s a long black limounade car parked on our Penny Lane!”
Ruth poked her head out the downstairs powder room to see Orly standing on the sofa, barefoot, holding Abraxas, looking out the window while Noah, now toddling in full force, climbed up to join her.
“Seven o’clock, on the button,” Ruth said to herself.
“And Ima, there’s a man with a black coat and black cap!”
“That’s the chauffeur,” Ruth called out.
“But Mommy,” said the girl, “he’s not a trumpet!”
Ruth laughed as Avri stepped in to explain to his sister the difference between chauffeur and shofar—the ram’s horn used as an instrument in Jewish tradition.
“Like on Rosh Hashanah,” Hadassah added, imitating the shofar’s wailing sound.
“That’s right.” Ruth slipped on her gold creole earrings and emerged from
