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O Guarani 7.39 · 7.39

Not so simple as that

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— Sim! tornou Álvaro, mas o modo por que o encontramos é que não vos parecerá tão simples.

— Yes! rejoined Álvaro, but the way we met him will not seem so simple to you.

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— Yes! rejoined Álvaro, but the way in which we met him will not seem so simple to you.

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Álvaro baits the hook further — building suspense before the astonishing image. He is a storyteller now, and the whole table (Cecília above all) is leaning in.

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