f-f-a-a-ch

Updated: June 2, 2025

But suddenly the old man's face turned very red, his eyes distended and rolled out of their orbits, his mouth opened with fright, and from it issued a strange, hissing sound: "F-F-A-A-ch." Immediately after this Ignat's head fell back on his shoulder, and his heavy body slowly slipped down from the chair to the ground as if the earth had dragged him imperiously unto itself.

Maksim Gorky - The Man Who Was Afraid