Dom Casmurro 145.13 · 145.13

Semelhança com a mãe

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Se o rapaz tem saído à mãe, eu acabava crendo tudo, tanto mais facilmente quando que ele parecia haver-me deixado na véspera, evocava a meninice, cenas e palavras, a ida para o colégio...

If the boy has taken after his mother, I would end up believing everything, so much more easily when he seemed to have left me on the eve, evoked childhood, scenes and words, the going to school...

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The narrator considers the possibility that the boy resembles his mother.

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The narrator suggests that if the boy resembled his mother, he would be more inclined to believe everything, especially since the boy evoked memories of childhood and school days.

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