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 1    1,    1|        hundred francs; Brazilian reis, worth about as much; golden
 2    1,    1| backwoods cost him naught. A few reis were enough for his tobacco,
 3    1,    1|         asleep.~[1] One thousand reis are equal to three francs,
 4    1,    1|     three francs, and a conto of reis is worth three thousand
 5    1,   12|       besides, a few handfuls of reis would not be so bad at the
 6    1,   12|     these parts, the question of reis, and not that of conceit,
 7    1,   12|          said Joam, “and may the reis rain into your pocket!”~“
 8    1,   12|         cared to part with a few reis for the sake of gratifying
 9    1,   12|           and worth about twenty reis, or half a dozen centimes
10    1,   12|          vatems, the handfuls of reis—the only coins for which
11    1,   16|       gave him, and a handful of reis was the price of the commission
12    1,   19|       than two million contos of reis? Well, this stone, which
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