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a certain poor widow

This is a way of introducing a new character to the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants)

two mites

"two small coins" or "two tiny copper coins." These were the least valuable of the coins people used then. Alternate translation: "two pennies" or "two small coins of little value" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney)