Meanings (ES + gloss)
so pena de
Used to warn of consequences if a specified act is done or not done: subject to the punishment of (some penalty); or (generally) subject to the circumstance of (some thing).
The White Queen is offered for sacrifice six times in succession, and must be refused each time on pain of checkmate!
Translated, it was a warning to the Claytons to refrain from reporting the loss of the revolvers, or from repeating what the old sailor had told them—to refrain on pain of death.
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