＊＊＊If Albert, who was a little cracked and had a penchant for dotted vests, happened to see a cutaway hanging on the rack with the words H.W. Bendix written in green ink on the try-on notice, he would give a feeble little grunt and say―…

＊＊＊R.N.I never saw in the flesh. He was an item in the ledger which Bunchek the cutter spoke of glowingly because there was always a little schnapps about when it came time to try on the new trousers. The three brothers were eternal ene…

＊＊＊There were three Bendixes――H. W., the grumpy one, A. F., whom the old man referred to in the ledger as Albert, and R. N., who never visited the shop because his legs were cut off, a circumstance, however, which did not prevent him fr…

＊＊＊My brother was a halfwit and he got on the old man’s nerves even more than H. W. Bendix with his“ Pastor So-and-so’s going to Europe… Pastor So-and-so’s going to open a bowling ally, “etc. “Pastor So-and-so’s an ass, “ the old man wo…

＊＊＊My mother hadn’t the least idea what it meant to be kissing rich people’s backsides. ALL she knew how to do was to groan and lament all day, and with her groaning and lamenting she brought on the boozy breath and the potato dumplings…

＊＊＊When I look back on it all now, see the old man sitting down to table with his boozy breath and saying shit why don’t some one smile, why do you all look so glum, I feel sorry for him and for all merchant tailors who have to kiss ric…

＊＊＊He raised hell with everybody, including the family doctor, because the latter couldn’t keep his kidneys clan of gravel. If we made him a sack coat in August by October it was too large for him, or too small.＊＊＊ kidney 腎臓 gravel…