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O Guarani 12.7 · 12.7

The house at its morning work

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Decorreu cerca de meia hora: a casa tinha aberto todas as suas janelas para receber o ar puro da manhã, e as emanações saudáveis dos campos; um ligeiro penacho de fumo alvadio coroava o tubo da chaminé, anunciando que os trabalhos caseiros haviam começado.

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About half an hour passed: the house had opened all its windows to take in the pure morning air and the healthy exhalations of the fields; a light plume of whitish smoke crowned the chimney-pipe, announcing that the household work had begun.

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