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O Guarani 3.75 · 3.75

This time he paled

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Alvaro empallideceo desta vez.

Álvaro turned pale this time.

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Álvaro turned pale this time.

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The refrain of colour shifts — where before he blushed, now he goes white. The pallor says Loredano has struck past embarrassment to real fear: the Italian knows, or seems to know, the secret Álvaro has been guarding.

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