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