Dom Casmurro 118.5 · 118.5

O segredo de Sancha

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Não és capaz de adivinhar o que seja, nem eu digo. Vem amanhã. Sancha não tirava os olhos de nós durante a conversa, ao canto da janela. Quando o marido saiu, veio ter comigo.

You are not capable of guessing what it is, nor do I say. Come tomorrow. Sancha did not take her eyes off us during the conversation, at the corner of the window. When the husband left, she came to be with me.

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The setting

The narrator is speaking to someone, telling them they cannot guess a secret, and Sancha watches them from the window.

A note on this passage

The narrator tells someone they cannot guess a secret and refuses to reveal it, inviting them to return tomorrow. Meanwhile, Sancha watches them intently from the window, and after her husband leaves, she approaches the narrator.

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