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O Guarani 6.74 · 6.74

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— Eis-vos de volta, Sr. Álvaro! disse Cecília com um certo repente, para disfarçar o enleio que também sentia; depressa tornastes!

— Here you are back, Sir Álvaro! said Cecília with a certain abruptness, to hide the fluster she too was feeling; you have returned quickly!

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The setting

Cecília greets Álvaro with a sudden briskness, to disguise the fluster she also felt: you have returned quickly!

A note on this passage

Cecília covers her feeling with briskness — the oldest tactic of a girl who does not want her heart read. 'The fluster she also felt' tells us plainly: she loves him, and is hiding it, badly.

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