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O Guarani 4.22 · 4.22

Never off his enemy

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Tudo isso se passou rapidamente, em um segundo, sem que o índio deixasse um só instante com os olhos o inimigo.

All this passed swiftly, in a second, without the Indian's letting his eyes leave the enemy for a single instant.

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All this passed in a second, without the Indian's eyes ever once leaving his enemy.

A note on this passage

The narrator underlines Peri's unbroken vigilance: the exchange with the riders cost him nothing. His attention is total, and belongs to the beast.

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