Impulso de escrever
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Cheguei a pegar na xícara, mas o pequeno beijava -me a mão, como de costume, e a vista dele, como o gesto, deu -me outro impulso que me custa dizer aqui; mas vá lá, diga -se tudo.
I reached for the cup, but the little one kissed my hand, as usual, and the sight of him, like the gesture, gave me another impulse that I find hard to say here; but go ahead, let everything be said.
The narrator describes a moment of hesitation and then decides to reveal everything.
The narrator hesitates to reveal something but decides to confess everything despite the difficulty.
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