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exclaimed the woman , the muscles of her red face working . `` I am a publican , as I well know , '' he returned calmly , carefully covering his money chest with the cloth . `` A despised publican who takes money from his own people to give to the stranger , who demands toll-money of the Jews although they themselves made the roads . Such a one am I , my Judith ! And why did I become a Roman publican ? Because I wished to gain money so as to support myself among those who hate me . '' `` Levi , you are a miser , '' she said .