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O Guarani 23.8 · 23.8

She caresses the beetle

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A alma nos momentos supremos de aflição suspende-se ao fio o mais tênue da esperança; Cecília sorriu-se entre as lágrimas, tomou a lavandeira entre os seus dedos rosados e acariciou-a.

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In the supreme moments of anguish the soul clings to the faintest thread of hope; Cecília smiled amid her tears, took the little washerwoman between her rosy fingers and caressed it.

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