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And here’s thirty pieces of silver to pay the Devil on your way to Hell!
— Friar Tuck ‧ Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker offers silver as payment for a journey to Hell, turning money into part of a curse. Naming the Devil as the recipient gives the insult a vivid imagined destination. The flourish makes the coins sound less like a gift than a final expression of contempt.
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