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O Guarani 8.45 · 8.45

Álvaro, sad but consoled

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Álvaro, deixando Cecília, voltara triste e sentido da recusa que sofrera, embora o consolasse a sua última palavra, e sobretudo o sorriso que a acompanhou.

Álvaro, leaving Cecília, had gone back sad and stung by the refusal he had suffered, though her last word consoled him, and above all the smile that went with it.

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Álvaro, leaving Cecília, had gone back sad and stung by the refusal he had suffered, though her last word consoled him, and above all the smile that went with it.

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Now the second line: Álvaro's. His is the suitor's honest melancholy — hurt but hopeful, clinging to a smile. Set beside Loredano's cold vigil, his sadness marks the moral gulf between the two men aimed at the same window.

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