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Amor de Perdição 5.66 · 5.66

A sword against two pistols

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Balthazar Coutinho retrocedeu, dizendo entre si: « que partido tem uma espada contra dois homens e duas pistolas?»

Balthazar Coutinho drew back, saying to himself: «what can a sword do against two men and two pistols?»

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BalthazarCoutinhoretrocedeuto go back,dizendoto sayentreamong / betweensioneself:«quethat / whichpartidoa match / prospecttemto haveumaa / oneespadaswordcontraagainstdoistwohomensmaneandduastwopistolaspistol?»

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Balthazar backs off, doing the arithmetic under his breath: what can one sword do against two men and two pistols?

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