Fortunata appears at the door
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Fortunata apareceu à porta da casa; não sei para que, se nem me deixou tempo de puxar o braço; desapareceu logo. Podia ser um simples descargo de consciência, uma cerimônia, como as rezas de obrigação, sem devoção, que se dizem de tropel; a não ser que fosse para certificar aos próprios olhos a realidade que o coração lhe dizia...
Fortunata appeared at the door of the house; I don't know for what, if she didn't even let me time to pull my arm; she disappeared immediately. It could be a simple discharge of conscience, a ceremony, like the prayers of obligation, without devotion, that are said in haste; unless it were to certify to her own eyes the reality that her heart told her...
The narrator describes Fortunata's brief appearance at the door and speculates on her motives.
The narrator speculates that Fortunata's brief appearance might have been a mere formality or a way to confirm what her heart already knew.
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