“So we helped quietly,” he concludes. “It is the thing I am proudest of in all my life.” “Thank you,” Alain whispers. “For what you did. For saving my sister.” Monsieur Haddam shakes his head. “There is no need to thank me. It was our duty. In our religion, we are taught, ‘Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world.’ ” Alain makes a strange strangled sound. “In the Talmud, it is written, ‘If you save one life, it is as if you have saved the world,’ ” he says softly. He and Monsieur Haddam look at each other for a moment and smile. “We are not so different, then,” Monsieur Haddam says. He
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