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O Guarani 3.44 · 3.44

Loredano's sardonic laugh

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Loredano não pôde reprimir a risada sardonica que lhe veio aos labios.

Loredano could not hold back the sardonic laugh that came to his lips.

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Loredano could not hold back the sardonic laugh that came to his lips.

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Álvaro's search for the sun amuses the Italian — the young man's small helplessness in the forest is exactly the kind of thing Loredano feeds on. The sardonic laugh sets up his next needling promise about the hour.

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