The clatter of the loom
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do compassado estrepito do tear, que trabalhava incessantemente, dos guinchos e alaridos das creanças,
the measured clatter of the tirelessly working loom, the shrieks and clamour of the children,
The loom 'worked tirelessly' — the machine gets the diligence the master will soon demand of the women. Under the industrial rhythm run the children's cries, and the sentence keeps piling clause on clause, mimicking the unbroken, wearying continuity of the workday.
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