A invenção da lenda
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Provavelmente foi o mesmo escritor que a inventou para adornar o texto, e não fez mal, porque é bonita; realmente, é bonita. Eu creio que o mar então batia na pedra, como é seu costume, desde Ulisses e antes.
Probably it was the same writer who invented it to adorn the text, and it did no harm, because it is beautiful; really, it is beautiful. I believe that the sea then beat on the stone, as is its custom, since Ulysses and before.
The narrator speculates that the writer invented a legend to adorn the text, and comments on its beauty.
The narrator suggests that the writer likely invented the legend to embellish the text, and finds it beautiful. He then reflects that the sea has been beating on the stone since the time of Ulysses and even earlier.
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