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O Guarani 8.43 · 8.43

The light of Cecília's room

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Do lado oposto, o italiano viu refletir-se sobre as árvores o tênue reflexo da luz que esclarecia o quarto de Cecília, cujas janelas não podia distinguir por causa do ângulo que formava a esplanada.

On the opposite side, the Italian saw reflected on the trees the faint gleam of the light that lit Cecília's room, whose windows he could not make out because of the angle the esplanade formed.

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On the opposite side, the Italian saw reflected on the trees the faint gleam of the light that lit Cecília's room, whose windows he could not make out because of the angle the esplanade formed.

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Loredano can see only the reflected glow, not the window itself — his line to Cecília is oblique, obstructed, spying. The geometry is moral: he watches from an angle, in the dark, the villain's vantage.

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