Recusa e insistência
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Eu não sabia que lhe respondesse; recusei as diversões. Como insistisse, repliquei-lhe que os meus negócios andavam mal. Capitu sorriu para animar-me. E que tinha que andassem mal?
I did not know what to answer him/her; I refused the amusements. As he/she insisted, I replied that my business was going badly. Capitu smiled to encourage me. And what did it matter that they were going badly?
The narrator refuses invitations, citing bad business, and Capitu tries to encourage him.
The narrator is at a loss for words when pressed to accept invitations, using bad business as an excuse. Capitu's smile and rhetorical question challenge his excuse, suggesting resilience.
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