ALENCAR

O Guarani 8.4 · 8.4

Let us follow each line

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Sigamos pois cada uma das linhas traçadas por essas existências, que mais cedo ou mais tarde hão de cruzar-se no seu vértice.

Let us follow, then, each of the lines traced by those existences, which sooner or later must cross at their vertex.

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Let us follow, then, each of the lines traced by those existences, which sooner or later must cross at their vertex.

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Alencar addresses the reader directly, promising the convergence and building suspense. The chapter will take each 'line' in turn — the men at supper, then Loredano, Álvaro, and Peri each at the window.

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