Dom Casmurro 143.2 · 143.2

Lembrança do passado

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Já então morava comigo; posto que minha mãe lhe deixasse uma pequena lembrança, veio dizer me que, com legado ou sem ele, não se separaria de mim. Talvez a esperança dele fosse enterrar-me.

Already then he lived with me; although my mother left him a small remembrance, he came to tell me that, with legacy or without him, he would not separate from me. Perhaps his hope were to bury me.

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The setting

The narrator recalls that everything that seemed like nothing at the time now comes to mind.

A note on this passage

The narrator reflects on a person who lived with him and expressed loyalty despite a small inheritance, possibly hoping to outlive him.

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