Dom Casmurro 140.10 · 140.10

Memórias vagas

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De envolta, lembravam-me episódios vagos e remotos, palavras, encontros e incidentes, tudo em que a minha cegueira não pôs malícia, e a que faltou o meu velho ciúme.

In confusion, they reminded me of vague and remote episodes, words, encounters and incidents, everything in which my blindness did not put malice, and to which my old jealousy was lacking.

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The narrator recalls vague and remote episodes, words, encounters, and incidents, all of which his blindness did not imbue with malice and which his old jealousy did not touch.

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The narrator recalls various memories that his blindness prevented from being malicious and that his old jealousy did not affect.

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