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O Guarani 4.23 · 4.23

The riders move on

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A um sinal de Álvaro de Sá, os cavaleiros prosseguiram a sua marcha, e entranharam-se de novo na floresta.

At a sign from Álvaro de Sá, the riders resumed their march and plunged once more into the forest.

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At a sign from Álvaro de Sá, the horsemen resume their march and plunge again into the forest.

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Álvaro — the novel's honorable young man, and Loredano's rival — dismisses the standoff with a gentleman's economy: a sign, and the column moves. He grants Peri his fight without a word.

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