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The granfino’s face turned pale. "You... you must be a politician," he stammered, looking at the reddish dirt staining the bills. "That money looks like it was buried in the ground".

The granfino looked around with a sneer. He passed several tables until he came to a man sitting alone, quietly eating his lunch. This man was Black, wearing worn, rumpled clothes that looked as though they had seen years of hard labor. The granfino didn't even stop; he simply laughed with contempt. tiao_carreiro_pardinho_terra_roxa_modao_sertane...

"You must be joking," the granfino told the owner. "You think that 'poor wretch' has a thousand cruzeiros? If a man like that is anyone in this world, then I’ll be the Governor of the state!". He assumed that because the man looked like a drifter, he was penniless. The granfino’s face turned pale

"I’m sorry, sir," the owner replied calmly, "I don't have change for such a large bill. But I have an important customer over there who might help". "That money looks like it was buried in the ground"

He peeled them off one by one, laying them on the table. "Forgive me for not having your change earlier," he said softly.