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O Guarani 10.59 · 10.59

They bathed clothed in dark serge

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Entretanto Cecília e sua prima tinham o costume de banhar-se vestidas com um trajo feito de ligeira estamenha que ocultava inteiramente sob a cor escura as formas do corpo, deixando-lhes os movimentos livres para nadarem.

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Cecília and her cousin were in the habit of bathing dressed in a garment of light serge that wholly hid the body's shape under its dark color, leaving their movements free to swim.

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