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O Guarani 6.25 · 6.25

They will suffer all to avenge themselves

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— Eles me temem, dizes tu; mas desde o momento em que se julgarem ofendidos por mim, sofrerão tudo para vingar-se.

— They fear me, you say; but from the moment they consider themselves wronged by me, they will suffer anything to take revenge.

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D. Antônio finishes the thought: they fear him, yes — but the moment they think themselves wronged by him, they will endure anything to take revenge.

A note on this passage

The patriarch understands his enemy's honor as clearly as his own — vengeance answers insult absolutely. He has, without knowing the detail, just described the novel's plot.

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