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O Guarani 20.30 · 20.30

Only Peri could best him

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Mas Álvaro sabia que só um homem podia lutar com ele, e levar-lhe vantagem em qualquer arma, e esse era Peri; porque juntava à arte a superioridade do selvagem habituado desde o berço à guerra constante que é a sua vida.

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But Álvaro knew that only one man could fight with him and gain the advantage over him with any weapon, and that was Peri; for he joined to his skill the superiority of the savage inured from the cradle to the constant war that is his life.

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