On that same morning, Gordon searched the drawers of his desk and filing cabinet for any Krugerrands or stray hundred-dollar bills that he might have overlooked in earlier forays. In the back of one drawer he found a tattered blue savings account book from Brookline Savings. The last entry, a deposit, had been made in May 1962, when Gordon was eight years old. The account balance read $39.42.

Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, loc. 2720