Even I myself began to know the want of money (I mean of ready money in my own pocket), and to relieve it by converting some easily spared articles of jewelery into cash.

甚至我自己也开始意识到缺钱（我指的是我自己口袋里的现钱），并通过将一些容易省下来的珠宝首饰换成现金来缓解它。