Answer: Feld asks Sobel to wait before proposing to Miriam.
In "The First Seven Years," Feld is a Jewish shoemaker who wants his daughter Miriam to have a good marriage in order to improve her situation in life. However, he does not know that Miriam is in fact in love with Sobel, a Polish immigrant who works for Feld. The climax of the story comes when the conflict is revealed, and Feld needs to decide what his priorities are. Eventually, the fallingaction occurs when Feld decides to respect their wishes, but asks Sobel to wait and work for a while longer before proposing to Miriam.
