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O Guarani 8.24 · 8.24

Come now, lads!

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— Eia, rapazes! disse ele com uma voz que se esforçava por tornar severa. Leva rumor!

— Come now, lads! he said, in a voice that strove to be stern. Less noise!

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— Come now, lads! he said, in a voice that strove to be stern. Less noise!

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The squire plays the disciplinarian, but 'strove to be stern' gives him away — Aires Gomes is fond of these men, and his gruffness is half theatre. The comedy leavens the scene before its dark turn.

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