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O Guarani 6.55 · 6.55

Your love would ruin him

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— E vós com extrema benevolência, D. Lauriana. Assim, como não quero que o vosso amor o perca, vejo-me obrigado a privar-vos da sua companhia.

— And you with extreme indulgence, D. Lauriana. And so, since I do not want your love to be his ruin, I find myself obliged to deprive you of his company.

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And you with extreme indulgence, D. Lauriana. Since I do not want your love to be his ruin, I am forced to deprive you of his company.

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The father's logic cuts hard: her love is a danger to the son, and the cure is separation. He wields the exile as much against her softness as against the boy's fault.

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