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Amor de Perdição 6.101 · 6.101

The killers double back

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Os criados de Balthazar, ao invez da conjectura do ferrador, retrocediam pelo mesmo atalho, suppondo que os companheiros de Simão iam adiante batendo os pontos azados á emboscada, ou se tinham retardado.

Balthazar's servants, against the farrier's guess, were coming back by the same short-cut, supposing Simão's men were ahead scouting the ambush-points, or had lagged behind.

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Balthazar's servants, against the farrier's guess, were coming back by the same short-cut, supposing Simão's men were ahead scouting the ambush-points, or had lagged behind.

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