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—Pete sonrió y a Franny sus dientes le parecieron de marfil, como si fueran colmillos de elefante tallados a escala humana.
Pete smiled and his teeth made Franny think of ivory, like elephant’s tusks carved down to the size of human teeth.
A los criminales exiliados les siguieron los traficantes de esclavos, y luego los traficantes de caucho y marfil, como los belgas del rey Leopoldo en el vecino Congo.
Criminal exiles were succeeded by slavers, and later by traders in rubber and ivory, like King Leopold’s Belgians next door in the Congo.
Parecían talladas en marfil, como tantas otras cosas de la Fortaleza, y representaban estilizadas garzas reales, cuyos picos se encontraban en un punto, por encima de sus cabezas.
They seemed carved out of ivory, like so much of the Fortress, and represented stylised herons, their beaks meeting at a point above then- heads.
Parecía tallada en marfil, como una estatua en miniatura, y era igual que su madre, aunque más hermosa, si cabía.
She looked as though she had been carved out of ivory, like the tiniest of statues. She looked just like her mother, although, if possible, she was even more beautiful, and he gazed down at her in wonder as he saw her.
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