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O Guarani 16.77 · 16.77

The friar sinks into meditation

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Mas o religioso não via nesse momento senão o papel que tinha nas mãos; deixou-se cair em um banco, e com a cabeça pendida sobre o braço, entregou-se a funda meditação.

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But the priest saw at that moment only the paper he held in his hands; he let himself fall onto a bench, and with his head bowed over his arm, he gave himself up to deep meditation.

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