Dom Casmurro 147.3 · 147.3

Visitas e exposição

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Elas é que me deixavam como pessoas que assistem a uma exposição retrospectiva, e, ou se fartam de vê-la, ou a luz da sala esmorece. Uma só dessas visitas tinha carro à porta e cocheiro de libré.

They left me like people who attend a retrospective exhibition, and either tire of seeing it, or the light of the room fades. Only one of those visits had a carriage at the door and a coachman in livery.

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The narrator describes how the visits left him feeling like people at a retrospective exhibition.

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The narrator compares the visits to a retrospective exhibition that either bores or fades away, noting that only one visitor had a carriage with a liveried coachman.

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