Douglas Reed - He thinks with regret of the great days when he could at harvest time at least go dow...

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He thinks with regret of the great days when he could at harvest time at least go down into Hungary and work on the big estates and bring back, as his wage, a side of bacon for the winter. That was wealth, to him.

Douglas Reed

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Er denkt mit Bedauern an die großen Tage, als er zur Erntezeit wenigstens nach Ungarn hinunterfahren und an den großen Landgütern arbeiten und als Lohn für den Winter eine Speckseite mitbringen konnte. Das war Reichtum für ihn.

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