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O Guarani 12.56 · 12.56

She had long wanted Peri driven off

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Por diferentes vezes a dama tinha procurado persuadir seu marido a expulsar o índio que ela não podia sofrer e cuja presença bastava para causar-lhe um faniquito.

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On different occasions the lady had tried to persuade her husband to expel the índio, whom she could not bear, and whose mere presence was enough to bring on a fit of the vapors.

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