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From that day on, this unfortunate village was one bigwig richer: here, a debt-free man had entered an existence in which there was no end in sight of bankruptcies, and although the source of his money still had not been pinpointed, apparently, apart from in people's suspicions, all the older folk admired how much progress Steinà 3/4 ór Steinsson had made in terms of his moral understanding of life since returning from America, especially since he indicated that he was prepared to buy fish.