A pergunta e a resposta
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Hão de perguntar me por que razão, tendo a própria casa velha, na mesma rua antiga, não impedi que a demolissem e vim reproduzi-la nesta. A pergunta devia ser feita a princípio, mas aqui vai a resposta.
They will ask me why, having the own old house on the same old street, I did not prevent them from demolishing it and came to reproduce it in this one. The question should have been made at the beginning, but here goes the answer.
The narrator anticipates a question about why he allowed the old house to be demolished and then reproduced it elsewhere.
The narrator anticipates a question about why he allowed the old house to be demolished and then reproduced it elsewhere, and he states that the question should have been asked earlier but he will answer it now.
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