他想把金币藏在下面。他想捉弄他的人民。
He wanted to hide gold coins under it. He wanted to play a trick on his people.
他有两本书快要出版，还有更多的书就会找到出版的机会，还有钱可赚，他想等一等，然后带一大口袋金币到南海去。
Two books were soon to be published, and he had more books that might find publication.Money could be made out of them, and he would wait and take a sackful of it into the South Seas.
“对不起，先生，”那个诚实的人几乎上气不接下气地说道，“我想是你弄错了，你本来是想给我一个四十苏的角子，而你却给了我一个双拿破仑［拿破仑时代的一种金币，价值四十法郎］。”
"I beg your pardon, sir," said the honest fellow, in almost breathless haste, "but I believe you made a mistake; you intended to give me a two-franc piece, and see, you gave me a double Napoleon."
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