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O Guarani 11.36 · 11.36

Her jasmine bathing-bower, the Indian's work

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Cecília tinha chegado a uma latada de jasmineiros que havia à borda dágua, e que lhe servia de casa de banho; era um dos trabalhos do índio, que o havia arranjado com aquele cuidado e esmero que punha em satisfazer as vontades da menina.

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Cecília had come to a trellis of jasmine at the water's edge, which served her as a bathing-house; it was one of the Indian's works, which he had arranged with that care and painstaking finish he put into satisfying the girl's every wish.

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