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Mas, suponha que não acontecia assim, e que eu não mudava de vocação, o que é que acontecia? Tinha estudado no seminário algumas matérias que é bom saber, e são sempre melhor ensinadas naquelas casas. Prima Justina interveio:— Como? Então pode-se entrar para o seminário e não sair padre?
But suppose that it didn't happen thus, and that I didn't change my vocation, what is it that happened? I had studied in the seminary some subjects that are good to know, and are always better taught in those houses. Cousin Justina intervened: — How? Then can one enter the seminary and not leave a priest?
The narrator imagines a hypothetical situation where he did not change his vocation, and questions what would have happened.
The narrator imagines a hypothetical scenario where he did not change his vocation, and questions what would have happened. He notes that he studied some useful subjects in the seminary. Cousin Justina interrupts, questioning whether one can enter the seminary and not become a priest.
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