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Amor de Perdição 8.69 · 8.69

A skirt kept like a relic

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Fui de proposito á cidade para beijar os pés a sua mãesinha, e vi suas manas, e uma, que era a mais nova, deu - me uma saia de lapim, que eu ainda alli tenho guardada como uma reliquia.

I went on purpose to the city to kiss your dear mother's feet, and I saw your sisters, and one, who was the youngest, gave me a coney-fur skirt, that I still keep there like a relic.

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I went on purpose to the city to kiss your dear mother's feet, and I saw your sisters, and one, who was the youngest, gave me a coney-fur skirt, that I still keep there like a relic.

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