Muskets cocked, moving on
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Os caminheiros empallidecêrão e olhárão um para o outro; os cavalleiros engatilhárão os mosquetes e seguirão lentamente, lançando um olhar cauteloso pelos ramos das arvores.
The drovers turned pale and looked at one another; the horsemen cocked their muskets and rode on slowly, casting a wary glance through the branches of the trees.
The drovers turned pale and looked at one another; the horsemen cocked their muskets and rode on slowly, casting a wary glance through the branches of the trees.
The chapter closes on a frozen frame of dread: pale faces, cocked muskets, eyes searching the branches for the beast. Alencar leaves the band — and the reader — advancing warily into danger, the roar still hanging in the air, the confrontation between Álvaro and Loredano suspended for the wilderness to answer.
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