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A Illustre Casa de Ramires, by Eça de Queirós. A freely-licensed classic (Project Gutenberg), reformatted for the Smithbook reader. Buy it once and read on any device. No subscription required.
Desde as quatro horas da tarde, no calor e silencio do domingo de Junho, o Fidalgo da Torre, em chinellos, com uma quinzena de linho envergada sobre a camisa de chita côr de rosa, trabalhava. Gonçalo Mendes Ramires (que n'aquella sua velha aldêa de Santa Ireneia, e na villa visinha, a aceada e vistosa Villa-Clara, e mesmo na cidade, em Oliveira, todos conheciam pelo «Fidalgo da Torre») trabalhava n'uma Novella Historica, _A Torre de D. Ramires_, destinada ao primeiro numero dos *Annaes de Litter
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