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O Guarani 23.70 · 23.70

Do not ask the impossible

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— Ah! nunca! Não me peças uma coisa impossível, Cecília! Já sabes demais; não me obrigues a morrer a teus pés de vergonha.

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Ah! never! Do not ask me an impossible thing, Cecília! You already know too much; do not force me to die of shame at your feet.

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