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Se ela tem dito simplesmente: Vamos embora! pode ser que eu obedecesse ou não; em todo caso, entenderia. Mas aquela pergunta assim, vaga e solta, não pude atinar o que era.— Mas... não entendo. De apanhar?— Sim.— Apanhar de quem? Quem é que me dá pancada? Capitu fez um gesto de impaciência.
If she had simply said, 'Let's go!' maybe I would have obeyed or not; in any case, I would understand. But that question, thus vague and loose, I could not figure out what it was. — But... I don't understand. Of being beaten? — Yes. — Beaten by whom? Who is it that gives me a beating? Capitu made a gesture of impatience.
The narrator is confused by Capitu's vague question about being beaten.
The narrator is confused by Capitu's vague question about being beaten, and Capitu shows impatience at his lack of understanding.
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