Only half by year's end
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no fim do anno apenas tinha arranjado metade da quantia exigida.
at the end of the year had barely gathered half the sum demanded.
A year of sacrifice yields only half — the wall is as high as the master meant it. The arithmetic of despair: total effort, and still short by a fortune. It is here that the second master's kindness will decide everything.
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