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O Guarani 15.41 · 15.41

The mummy of despair

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Rui Soeiro, pálido, com os olhos a saltarem-lhe das órbitas, os lábios trêmulos, os cabelos eriçados e os dedos hirtos, parecia a múmia do desespero.

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Rui Soeiro, pale, with his eyes starting from their sockets, his lips trembling, his hair bristling and his fingers stiff, seemed the mummy of despair.

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