Dom Casmurro 127.10 · 127.10

Suposição de ciúmes

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Supõe agora que este, em vez de ir-se embora, como eu fui, ficava à porta a ouvi-lo e a enamorar-lhe a mulher; então é que ele, todo arco, todo rabeca, tocaria desesperadamente. Divina arte!

Suppose now that this one, instead of going away as I did, stayed at the door to hear him and to seduce his woman; then it is that he, all bow, all fiddle, would play desperately. Divine art!

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The narrator imagines a scenario of jealousy and musical passion.

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The narrator imagines a hypothetical scenario of jealousy where a rival stays to listen and court the woman, provoking the musician to play with desperate passion, and exclaims at the divine art.

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