Electrified by the abyss of riches
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O efeito não desmentiu a sua previsão; lendo o rótulo, cada um dos aventureiros ficara eletrizado; para tocar aquele abismo insondável de riquezas, nem um deles hesitaria em passar sobre o corpo de seu amigo, ou mesmo sobre as cinzas de uma casa ou a ruína de uma família.
The effect did not belie his prediction; reading the label, each of the adventurers had been electrified; to touch that unfathomable abyss of riches, not one of them would hesitate to step over the body of his friend, or even over the ashes of a house or the ruin of a family.
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