Re: Break a sou

On Mar 31, 10:57?am, Marius Hancu <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello:

What would "break a sou/(also 'cent', I guess)," mean here?
Would that be "earn some serious money?"

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I think I liked Cronstadt's joint best of all, perhaps because he
chalked the meal up on the wall each time. Not that it eased my
conscience to see what I owed him, because I had no intention of
paying him back nor had he any il lusions about being requited. No, it
was the odd numbers which intrigued me. He used to figure it out to
the last centime. If I was to pay in full I would have had to break a
sou.


My take: Constadt was so accurate and precise about money, that he
calculated the price to the last cent, or even part of a cent (or sou)
so in order to pay the correct amount you must break a cent.


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