Pádua turns pale
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Pádua ficou pálido, como as tochas. Era pôr à prova o coração de um pai. O sacristão, que me conhecia de me ver ali com minha mãe, aos domingos, perguntou de curioso se eu era deveras seminarista.— Ainda não, mais vai sê-lo, respondeu José Dias, piscando o olho esquerdo para mim, que, apesar do aviso, fiquei zangado.
Pádua turned pale as the torches. It was to put the heart of a father to the test. The sexton, who knew me from seeing me there with my mother on Sundays, asked out of curiosity if I was really a seminarian. — Yet not, but he will be it, answered José Dias, winking his left eye at me, who, despite the warning, became angry.
Pádua turns pale as the torches, and José Dias announces that the boy will become a seminarian.
Pádua's pallor reveals his anguish at the prospect of his son becoming a seminarian. The sexton's innocent question forces the issue, and José Dias's wink signals his manipulation, but the boy's anger shows his resistance.
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