Tacit contract
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Não formulei isto por palavras, nem foi preciso; o contrato fez-se tacitamente, com alguma repugnância, mas fez-se. E por alguns dias, era eu mesmo que evocava as visões para fortalecer-me, e não as rejeitava, senão quando elas mesmas, de cansadas, se iam embora.
I did not formulate this by words, nor was it necessary; the contract was made tacitly, with some repugnance, but it was made. And for some days, it was I myself who evoked the visions to strengthen myself, and did not reject them, except when they themselves, tired, went away.
The narrator describes a tacit agreement made with reluctance, and how he initially summoned visions to strengthen himself.
The narrator reflects on a tacit agreement made with reluctance, and how he initially summoned visions to strengthen himself, only letting them go when they naturally faded.
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