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Suspirou e continuou: Não esqueça o seu velho Pádua, e se tem algum trapinho que me deixe em lembrança, um caderno latino, qualquer coisa, um botão de colete, coisa que já lhe não preste para nada. O valor é a lembrança. Tive um sobressalto.
Sighed and continued: 'Do not forget your old Pádua, and if you have some little rag to leave me in memory, a Latin notebook, any thing, a vest button, something that already serves you for nothing. The value is the memory.' I had a start.
Pádua asks for a keepsake from the narrator, valuing the memory over the object itself.
Pádua asks for a keepsake, emphasizing that the value lies in the memory, not the object. The narrator is startled by this request.
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