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O Guarani 5.75 · 5.75

I'll be the elder sister

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— É que eu serei a irmã mais velha.

"It's that I will be the elder sister."

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ÉehIt'squekeethateueh-ooIsereise-RAYwill beaatheirmãeer-MANGsistermaismaismorevelhaVE-lyaelder.

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Chapter V. The sisterhood is sealed with a game; Cecília's high spirits return, and she calls the turtledove with a girl's mimicry of its song.

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Cecília claims seniority in the invented family — the smaller the pretext, the surer the tenderness behind it. She is building a private household of two, with its own ranks and rules, to give Isabel the belonging the real family withholds.

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