Fortunata in the backyard
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Fortunata que estava no quintal, nem esperou que eu lhe perguntasse pela filha.— Está na sala, penteando o cabelo, disse-me; vá devagarzinho para lhe pregar um susto. Fui devagar, mas ou o pé ou o espelho traiu-me.
Fortunata, who was in the backyard, did not even wait for me to ask about her daughter. "She is in the living room, combing her hair," she said to me; "go very slowly to play a fright on her." I went slowly, but either the foot or the mirror betrayed me.
Fortunata, who was in the backyard, did not even wait for me to ask about her daughter.
Fortunata tells the narrator that her daughter is in the living room combing her hair and suggests he go slowly to startle her, but his foot or a mirror gives him away.
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