starded

Updated: June 26, 2025

My youngest a girl und my oldest a boy." The microscope fastened itself closely to the inanimate springs and keys and screws. Gustave's thick fingers reached for a pair of baby pincers. And he continued now without the aid of questions in a low, gutteral voice: "Vell, business got bad und I gave up the factory. Und I starded in someding else. Den my youngest she died. Yes, dat's how it goes.

Ben Hecht - A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago