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O Guarani 8.61 · 8.61

A true triangle

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Assim, era esse o ponto onde se irradiavam aquelas três linhas partidas de pontos tão diferentes. De maneira por que estavam colocados, formavam um verdadeiro triângulo, cujo centro era a janela frouxamente iluminada.

Thus, this was the point on which those three lines, set out from points so different, converged. From the way they were placed, they formed a true triangle, whose center was the faintly lit window.

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Thus, this was the point on which those three lines, set out from points so different, converged. From the way they were placed, they formed a true triangle, whose center was the faintly lit window.

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The figure is drawn and named: a triangle with Cecília's window at its center, and Peri, Álvaro, and Loredano at its vertices. Alencar's design is complete — the whole future of the novel is contained in this geometry of desire.

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