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Amor de Perdição 6.28 · 6.28

Hoofbeats in the dark

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Teria este dado trezentos passos, quando os criados de Balthazar ouviram o remoto tropel de cavalgadura. Ao tempo que elles sahiam do seu escondrijo, sabia João da Cruz á frente do cavalleiro.

He had gone some three hundred paces when Balthazar's servants heard the far-off tread of a mount. As they came out of their hiding-place, João da Cruz was moving out ahead of the rider.

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He had gone some three hundred paces when Balthazar's servants heard the far-off tread of a mount. As they came out of their hiding-place, João da Cruz was coming out ahead of the rider.

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