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O Guarani 24.22 · 24.22

They kissed his hands

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Os dois moços tinham deitado um joelho em terra, e beijavam cada uma das mãos do velho fidalgo, que colocado no meio deles envolvia-os num mesmo olhar de amor paternal.

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The two young men had set one knee to the ground, and were kissing each of the old nobleman's hands, who, placed between them, enfolded them in one same look of fatherly love.

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