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y tendría buen cuidado en llevarla a unos amigos que habitaban lejos de allí y cambiarla por piezas de medio penique, no fuera que el amo se enterara de su riqueza.
and he would be careful about taking it to some friends a great distance off to change it into half-pence, lest the tithe-farmer should get wind of his riches.
Leonor no se inmutaba al ver que se consumían más de 3.000 huevos por semana, 188 galones de cerveza a medio penique el galón, y 80 pellejos de vino de Gascuña.
Eleanor did not bat an eye that over 3,000 eggs were consumed in a week as well as 188 gallons of ale at a half pence per gallon, with 80 skins of Gascony wine.
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