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O Guarani 7.74 · 7.74

She looks at the empty cabin

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Logo que seu pai ergueu-se, Cecília recolheu ao seu quarto, e ajoelhando diante do crucifixo, fez a sua oração. Depois, erguendo-se, foi levantar um canto da cortina da janela e olhar a cabana que se erguia na ponta do rochedo, e estava deserta e solitária.

As soon as her father rose, Cecília retired to her room and, kneeling before the crucifix, said her prayer. Then, rising, she went to lift a corner of the window-curtain and look at the cabin that rose on the point of the crag, and stood empty and solitary.

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As soon as her father rose, Cecília retired to her room and, kneeling before the crucifix, said her prayer. Then, rising, she went to lift a corner of the window-curtain and look at the cabin that rose on the point of the crag, and stood empty and solitary.

A note on this passage

Her first act alone is to look for Peri's hut — and find it dark. The empty cabin is her fear made visible: the devoted Indian gone, perhaps forever, because of her jest.

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