twice-mended

Updated: May 1, 2025

And he might move undisturbed about the University and eat his supper with Dr. Wiener and Dr. Wurst without being the object of general interest, which he would at once become if it were known that he, a simple privat-docent, with his decent black coat and his twice-mended shoes, was the richest man in the Grand Duchy of Baden. These reflections of Dr.

F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford - Doctor Claudius, A True Story