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O Guarani 10.4 · 10.4

A stubborn smile fought her sternness

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Cecília sentou-se num banco de relva; e a muito custo conseguiu tomar um arzinho de severidade, que de vez em quando quase traia-se por um sorriso teimoso que lhe queria fugir dos lábios.

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Cecília sits on a turf bench and can barely keep up an air of severity, betrayed now and then by a stubborn smile trying to escape her lips.

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