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O Guarani 6.11 · 6.11

Say a savagery, a madness

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— Dize uma barbaria, uma loucura!... Não penses que com ser meu filho, o desculpo!

— Say a barbarity, a madness!... Don't think that because he is my son I excuse him!

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DizeDEE-zeSayumaOO-maabarbariabar-ba-REE-abarbarity,umaOO-maaloucuraloh-KU-ramadness!...NãonowngNotpensesPEN-seshdo you thinkquekethatcomkongbyserserbeingmeumeoomyfilhoFEE-lyuson,ouhimdesculpodesh-KOOL-puI excuse!

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D. Antônio rejects the mild word. Call it a barbarity, a madness — and don't imagine that being my son excuses him.

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D. Antônio's code: honor overrides blood. He will not let paternal love soften the name of the deed. This is the moral spine of the character.

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