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O Guarani 9.26 · 9.26

One slip, and the rocks below

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Suspendendo-se então a este fraco apoio pôde galgar o respaldo e aproximar-se da janela; à menor indecisão, ao menor movimento, bastava que o pé lhe faltasse, ou que o punhal vacilasse no cimento, para precipitar-se com a cabeça sobre as pedras.

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Hanging from that frail hold, he scaled the facing to the window; at the least hesitation, the least movement — a foot failing, the dagger slipping in the mortar — he would pitch headfirst onto the stones.

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