Dom Casmurro 122.2 · 122.2

O enterro pomposo

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— Vão fazer companhia à pobre Sanchinha; eu vou cuidar do enterro. Assim fizemos. Quis que o enterro fosse pomposo, e a afluência dos amigos foi numerosa. Praia, ruas, Praça da Glória, tudo eram carros, muitos deles particulares.

Go keep company to poor Sanchinha; I will take care of the burial. Thus we did. I wanted the burial to be pompous, and the influx of friends was numerous. Praia, streets, Praça da Glória, everything were cars, many of them private.

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The setting

The narrator describes the funeral arrangements and the large turnout of friends.

A note on this passage

The narrator instructs someone to accompany Sanchinha while he arranges a grand funeral, which attracts many friends and fills the area with cars, many of which are private.

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