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O Guarani 16.49 · 16.49

A legacy of blood

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" De quantos crimes já não tinha sido causa esse papel, e de quantos não seria ainda, meu padre, se Deus não houvesse finalmente punido em mim o último herdeiro desse legado de sangue!..."

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Of how many crimes had that paper already been the cause, and of how many more would it yet be, my father, had God not at last punished in me the last heir of that legacy of blood!...

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