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Isto longe de tirar-lhe a graça, dava á sua physionomia zombeteira e espevitada um chiste original e encantador.
Far from robbing her of grace, this gave her mocking, saucy face an original and charming piquancy.
The transgressive haircut becomes an asset — 'an original and charming piquancy.' Guimarães lets Rosa be genuinely appealing, which is what makes her later spite land: this is not a caricature but a lively, wounded girl who chooses cruelty.
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