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A five-peseta piece!" As a result of his lazy enunciation he suppressed the first A and converted the other two into E, thus transforming his cry into "Perre chique! Perre chique!" Later, Perre chique turned into Perquique. The "fence" guard, a jolly soul, was a specialist in crying wares; he shaded his cries most artistically; he would go from the highest notes to the lowest or vice versa.
For leaden five-peseta pieces there is a local name, "Sevillan dollars," which ascribes their coinage to the crafty artisans of the capital of Andalucia. These pieces, which are plentiful, are just as good as silver dollars when you can persuade anyone to take them.
El Conejo, after repeating the Preface several times took up the melody of the rogations and sang some strains in a high soprano, others in a basso profundo: "The high silk-hat" ... and instead of saying Liberanos domine, he went on: "I'll buy for spot cash.... Your old vest ... will fetch a five-peseta piece...." Then he had to stop to let Justa laugh.
"Here's a five-peseta piece," he declared, ringing the coin upon the ground, He picked out the right card and won. Pastiri made a gesture of anoyance. The rustic wagered another duro and lost; he glanced anxiously at his fellow countrymen, extracted another duro and lost that, too.
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