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O Guarani 6.32 · 6.32

You disobeyed my orders

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— Sr. cavalheiro, disse o velho com um ar severo, infringistes ontem as ordens que vos dei.

— Sir knight, said the old man with a stern air, yesterday you disobeyed the orders I gave you.

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With a severe air, the old man tells his son that he broke the orders given him yesterday.

A note on this passage

He addresses his son as 'sir knight,' not 'my son' — the cold formality of judgment. Rank speaks before blood.

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