Morning contrast
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De manhã, ela derreou a cabeça, agora fugia-me; nem é só nisso que os lances diferiam; em outro ponto, parecendo haver repetição, houve contraste. Penso que ameacei puxá-la a mim.
In the morning, she drooped her head, now fled from me; nor is it only in that that the events differed; in another point, seeming to have repetition, there was contrast. I think that I threatened to pull her to me.
The narrator describes a morning scene where the woman's head drooped and then fled from him, noting that the events differed in more than one way.
The narrator contrasts two moments: in the morning the woman's head drooped, but now she flees from him. He notes that the events differ in more than one way, and despite an apparent repetition, there is contrast. He recalls threatening to pull her to him.
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