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O Guarani 16.35 · 16.35

A sardonic smile

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O frade se tinha voltado lívido como se ele fosse a vitima da catástrofe; o terror decompôs um momento a sua fisionomia; porém logo um sorriso sardônico fugiu-lhe dos lábios ainda descorados pelo choque violento que sofrera.

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The friar had turned livid, as though he were the victim of the catastrophe; terror undid his features for a moment; but soon a sardonic smile fled from his lips, still pale from the violent shock he had suffered.

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