ALENCAR

O Guarani 1.35 · 1.35

The alabaster crucifix

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A um canto, pendia da parede um crucifixo em alabastro, aos pés do qual havia um escabello de madeira dourada.

In a corner, there hung on the wall an alabaster crucifix, at whose feet there was a footstool of gilded wood.

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The setting

In one corner an alabaster crucifix hung on the wall, a gilded-wood footstool at its feet.

A note on this passage

Amid the silk and feathers, a single devotional object: the pale crucifix and its kneeling-stool. Alencar sets the girl's piety at the heart of her lavish room, a quiet sign of the faith that defines her as much as her grace does.

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