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entrance was a statue of a young boy, and the sign beneath it
announced that it was a likeness of a boy that the Jews had
killed in order to use his blood for their matzos. Apparently, no
priest or other men of the cloth had ever found it necessary to
verify the truth of the assertion, or to insist that the incitement
to revenge be removed. Leiby had actually confronted a passing
nun who had looked to him to be more compassionate than
the other Christians there, and attempted to talk to her about
the disgrace, but she merely shrugged and said that the statue
had been there for years and she saw no need for change. Her
response had aggravated Leiby no end, and he felt a strong urge
to smash the statue to smithereens and then burn down the

Chapter 17whole place, but of course his hands were tied, and he could

do nothing of the sort. In fact, he was on a mission to acquire
weaponry, and if he would have even just let it become known
that“Lheibwya,”saJelowuidshc,ailtl was hdeoaurbdt,faullmiof shtestwarotulilndghLaeviebyleoftutthoef his
builsdkiinng. Haleivsep,uanndarohuencdeartnadinslaywwAoluelxdanndoetr hhaimvesealtft,asitnaendditnhgejust
soreolyppnoeseidtedhimme,rlcahrgaendaisseli.fe itself !

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look“Aoluetxafnodr earn, yhoswuspdiicdioyuosuacctoivmiteiebsaocnk thoeliJfeew? ish efyarkmil,leadndyou!
thatAhre ywoouurldeatllryy Atolehxaenlpdern, odraangyhboaspt?t”ized children who the
Jew“sDwoerIeltoroykintgotyoosumliukgegalegohuotsto?f” APolelaxnadn.der laughed. “I’m just as

alive as you are. You can pinch me to make sure, if you want.”

“But…but…how did you get the Poles to release you?”

“I convinced them that I’m also Polish,” Alexander’s mood was
buoyant.
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authfaocreizwataios nsus, tuhseendhwuidthdlreeddt.ogether for a quick consultation.

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haveisteoxbtreegmineltyhedawnhgoelreoupsro,”cAeslsexaagnaidne…r exclaimed severely. “We’re