Dom Casmurro 131.1 · 131.1

Doce e placida

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Foi o caso que a minha vida em outra vez doce e placida, a banca do advogado rendia-me bastante, Capitú estava mais bella, Ezequiel ia crescendo. Começava o anno de 1872.

The fact was that my life was once again sweet and placid: the lawyer's practice brought me in a good deal, Capitu was lovelier, Ezequiel was growing. The year 1872 was beginning.

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Life is sweet again: the practice pays, Capitu is lovelier, Ezequiel grows; the year 1872 begins.

A note on this passage

A rare interval of contentment — Bento's domestic and professional life at ease — set just before the doubt that will consume him.

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