Capitu's particular nature
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Também se pode dizer que conferia, rotulava e pregava na memória a minha exposição. Esta imagem é porventura melhor que a outra, mas a ótima delas é nenhuma. Capitu era Capitu, isto é uma criatura muito particular, mais mulher do que eu era homem. Se ainda o não disse, aí fica. Se disse, fica também.
It can also be said that it conferred, labeled and nailed my exposition in memory. This image is perhaps better than the other, but the best of them is none. Capitu was Capitu, that is a very particular creature, more woman than I was man. If I have not said it yet, there it remains. If I said it, it also remains.
The narrator reflects on how Capitu's image was fixed in his memory, and declares her unique nature.
The narrator asserts that the image of Capitu was fixed in his memory, and declares her unique nature, more woman than he was man, and that his statement stands whether said before or not.
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