Dom Casmurro 41.1 · 41.1

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O resto fez -me ficar mais algum tempo, no corredor, pensando. Vi entrar o Doutor João da Costa, e preparou -se logo o voltarete do costume. Minha mãe saiu da sala, e dando comigo, perguntou se acompanhara Capitu.— Não, senhora, ela foi só. E quase investindo para ela:— Mamãe, eu queria dizer -lhe uma coisa.— Que é?

The rest made me stay a while longer in the hallway, thinking. I saw Doctor João da Costa enter, and soon the usual game of voltarete was prepared. My mother came out of the room, and seeing me, asked if I had accompanied Capitu. — No, ma'am, she went alone. And almost charging at her: — Mom, I wanted to tell you something. — What is it?

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The rest made me stay a while longer in the hallway, thinking. I saw Doctor João da Costa enter, and soon the usual game of voltarete was prepared. My mother came out of the room, and seeing me, asked if I had accompanied Capitu. — No, ma'am, she went alone. And almost charging at her: — Mom, I wanted to tell you something. — What is it?

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The narrator remains in the hallway after the incident, and when his mother asks about Capitu, he decides to confess something to her.

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