Impulso interrompido
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Palavra que quando cheguei à porta, vi o sol claro, tudo gente e carros, as cabeças descobertas, tive um daqueles meus impulsos que nunca chegavam à execução: foi atirar à rua caixão, defunto e tudo.
Word that, when I arrived at the door, I saw the bright sun, everything people and carriages, the uncovered heads, I had one of those my impulses that never reached execution: it was to throw into the street coffin, corpse and everything.
The narrator describes an impulsive thought upon seeing the bright sun and crowd outside.
The narrator recalls an impulsive thought upon seeing the bright sun and crowd outside: to throw the coffin and corpse into the street, but this impulse never came to fruition.
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