ALENCAR

O Guarani 5.59 · 5.59

Isabel!

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— Isabel!... exclamou ela ressentida.

"Isabel!..." she exclaimed, hurt.

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Isabel!...exclamoues-kla-MOHexclaimedelaE-lasheressentidahe-sen-TEE-dahurt.

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Chapter V. The talk darkens: Isabel, of mixed birth, turns Cecília's tenderness for the 'tame Indian' into a wound about how she herself is seen.

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A single name, and the hurt is on Cecília's side now — pained that her cousin would speak so, and perhaps ashamed on her mother's behalf. Alencar keeps the exchange raw and quick, two girls wounding each other in the space of a breath.

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