In the story, Leo Finkle (a soon-to-be graduate of a rabbinical school) is looking for a wife. He enlists the help of Pinye Salzman, a marriage broker. For his part, Salzman shows Finkle the photographs of three women.
1) Sophie P. is twenty-four years old and childless. She has been a widow for a year; her husband died after about four months of marriage. Salzman insists that Sophie would be a good wife. She comes from a stable family, and her father has a thriving wholesale business. Sophie's father promises that she will have eight thousand dollars for a dowry. Leo passes on Sophie, insisting that he has never envisioned marrying a widow.
2) Lily H. is a high school teacher, with her own savings and a new Dodge car. She once lived in Paris for a year. Her father has been a practicing dentist for 35 years. Salzman states that Lily is pretty, intelligent, and multi-lingual. However, Leo passes Lily up because she is thirty-two years old, five years his senior.
3) Ruth K. is nineteen years old and an honor student. Her father is a stomach specialist and promises a thirteen thousand dollar dowry to the right bridegroom. Leo also passes up Ruth after Salzman reveals that she is lame on her right foot.
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