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O Guarani 16.73 · 16.73

He breaks the cross

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Com um movimento de raiva o frade apoderouse da cruz, e quebrou-a de encontro ao joelho; a imagem rolou pelo chão; entre os estilhaços de madeira apareceu um rolo de pergaminho achatado pela pressão em que estivera.

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With a movement of rage the friar seized the cross, and broke it against his knee; the figure rolled on the floor; among the splinters of wood appeared a roll of parchment, flattened by the pressure it had been under.

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