How many a time have I stood there, raging with hunger, unable to purchase even one pennyworth of food!

有多少次我站在那儿， 饥肠，分钱的食都买不起！

But there was always no money; they never paid for as much as a pennyworth of peppermints.

但是总是没有钱； 他们从来没有花过分钱的薄荷。