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O Guarani 11.14 · 11.14

That love could not know Isabel's soul

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Esse amor pois, se era amor, não podia conhecer o que se passava na alma de Isabel; não podia compreender a sublime mentira que os lábios da moça acabavam de proferir.

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That love, then, if it was love, could not know what was passing in Isabel's soul; could not understand the sublime lie the young woman's lips had just uttered.

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