The news exploded like a bomb around Monday noon, upon the arrival of the newspapers. Someone in the village had won ten million liras in the national soccer sweepstakes. The papers gave the name of Pepito Sbezzeeguti, but no one in the town was know under such an exotic name. The bet collector, besieged by a curious mob, threw out his arms hopelessly.
-Giovanni Guareschi, Comrade Don Camillo
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