A fit of brutal rage
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Seo primeiro movimento foi um impeto de colera brutal;
His first impulse was a fit of brutal rage;
His first impulse was a fit of brutal rage;
The first thing in Leôncio is violence — 'um impeto de colera brutal'. Guimarães is precise about the sequence: rage comes before thought. What follows will be calculation, but the native reflex, the true man, is the brute who wants to smash and strike. The mask of cold indifference is put on over this.
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