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O Guarani 19.28 · 19.28

An atom of vanity

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Cecília, apenas seu pai lhe traduziu a resposta do índio, riu-se daquela cega obediência; mas era mulher; um átomo de vaidade dormia no fundo do seu coração de moça.

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Cecília, as soon as her father translated the Indian's answer to her, laughed at that blind obedience; but she was a woman; an atom of vanity slept in the depths of her girlish heart.

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