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O Guarani 16.52 · 16.52

The reason for the silence

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" A razão desse silêncio que se atribuía geralmente ao despeito, só a sabia meu parente em cujas mãos parava o roteiro; Robério chegado às Espanhas se apercebera do roubo que lhe haviam feito, e quisera aos menos lograr o prêmio.

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The reason for that silence, generally ascribed to spite, only my kinsman knew, in whose hands the route-log rested; Robério, arrived in Spain, had become aware of the theft done to him, and had wished at least to gain the reward.

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