Ausência temporária
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A ausência temporária não atalhou o mal, e toda a arte fina de Capitu para fazê-lo atenuar, ao menos, foi como se não fosse; eu sentia-me cada vez pior. A mesma situação nova agravou a minha paixão.
The temporary absence did not shorten the evil, and all the fine art of Capitu to make it attenuate, at least, was as if it were not; I felt myself each time worse. The same new situation aggravated my passion.
The narrator reflects on how a temporary absence did not alleviate his suffering, and Capitu's efforts to mitigate it were in vain.
The narrator reflects that even a temporary absence did not alleviate his suffering, and Capitu's efforts to mitigate it were in vain. The new situation only worsened his passion.
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