A necessary measure
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Os dois aventureiros saíram para ir revezar os outros, que era costume ficarem de sentinela à noite; medida esta necessária naquele tempo.
The two adventurers went out to relieve the others, for it was the custom to stand sentry at night; a measure necessary in that time.
The two adventurers went out to relieve the others, for it was the custom to stand sentry at night; a measure necessary in that time.
The night-watch — 'necessary in that time,' Alencar notes, when the Aimoré revenge is gathering in the forest. The ordinary vigilance is quietly ominous: the settlement guards itself against a danger the reader knows is real.
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