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O Guarani 22.21 · 22.21

A man of knife and flint

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— Lá quanto a isto, mestre bugre, perdes o teu tempo; por força ainda ninguém levou o filho de meu pai, que bom é que saibas, foi homem de faca e calhau.

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"As for that, master savage, you waste your time; by no force has anyone yet carried off the son of my father, who—it's good you should know—was a man of the knife and the flint."

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