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Two of the organs Mirjam had inherited from
her father. His father, her grandpa had been
a real 'mausifalliratski'. A busker travelling
with his crank organ and selling mousetraps,
needles, pins, sponges, brushes, and whatnot.
An Austrian war disabled that instead of a
pension had received an organ from the government.
Mirjam's father fled from Germany in 1935. It
seemed like every generation moved further to
the west. That ought to set Henk thinking. There
had been more people for the organs, who offered
huge prices. But the Netherlands wanted to keep
them in the country. National cultural heritage.



"I'm gonna sell my Honda as well, and apply for
an unemployment benefit. Before you go, I need
you to sign a couple of forms and they probably
wanna know how much we pay for gas, water,
electricity, insurance and so on." Carmenita
thought: "Can we finally sleep in a double
bed again." Together in a single bed was
quite nice, but in the long run ... "Are you
taking Monza and Kazan with you?" "Thank
God." Carmenita mumbled almost inaudibly.