ALENCAR

O Guarani 5.91 · 5.91

Them who?

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— Eles quem?

"Them who?"

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ElesE-leesThemquemkengwho?

The setting

Chapter V. As evening closes, a clatter of hooves announces the return of the riders — Álvaro among them — and Cecília, at his name, blushes.

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The two-word question is pure innocence — Cecília genuinely does not yet know whose return would make her cousin cry out. In a beat she will, and Alencar lets the reader feel the small gap before recognition, the last moment before the name changes the air.

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