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O Guarani 4.51 · 4.51

Into the forest

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Depois se ergueu e entranhou de novo pela floresta, na mesma direção que o outro tomara pouco tempo antes.

Then he rose and plunged once more into the forest, in the same direction the other had taken a little while before.

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Then he rose and plunged again into the forest, in the same direction the other had taken a little while before.

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The chapter closes on pursuit: the naked watcher follows Peri's trail into the trees. What began as a hunt ends as the first move of a hunt of men — the shadow that will fall across the whole first part of the novel.

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