The torch and the mourners
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Apesar de substituído por mim, não acabava de se consolar da tocha, da miserável tocha. E contudo havia outros que também traziam tocha, e apenas mostravam a compostura do ato; não iam garridos, mas também não iam tristes. Via-se que caminhavam com honra.
Despite being replaced by me, he did not finish consoling himself of the torch, of the miserable torch. And yet there were others who also brought a torch, and only showed the composure of the act; they did not go gaily, but they also did not go sad. One saw that they walked with honor.
The narrator reflects on a mourner who cannot be consoled about the torch, while others carry theirs with composure.
The narrator observes a mourner who cannot be consoled about the torch, while others carry theirs with composure, neither gaily nor sadly, but with honor.
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