O desejo de verificar
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Creio que o desejo de ver Ezequiel era para o fim de verificar no moço o debuxo que porventura houvesse achado no menino. Seria um regalo último; atalhei-o a tempo.
I believe that the desire to see Ezequiel was for the purpose of verifying in the young man the sketch that perhaps he had found in the child. It would be a last delight; I stopped him in time.
The narrator suspects that the desire to see Ezequiel was to verify in the young man the sketch that might have been found in the child.
The narrator suspects that the desire to see Ezequiel was motivated by a wish to confirm in the grown man the traits that might have been observed in the child. He considers it a final pleasure, but he prevented it in time.
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