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O Guarani 19.74 · 19.74

An irrevocable sentence

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A pobre mãe recebeu esta palavra como uma sentença irrevogável; sabia do império que exercia sobre a alma de Peri a imagem de Nossa Senhora, que ele tinha visto no meio de um combate e havia personificado em Cecília.

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The poor mother received this word like an irrevocable sentence; she knew the sway that the image of Our Lady held over Peri's soul, an image he had seen in the midst of a battle and had personified in Cecília.

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