Dom Casmurro 62.13 · 62.13

Asking about visiting mother

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Limitei-me a inquirir do agregado quando é que iria a casa ver minha mãe.— Estou com saudades de mamãe. Posso ir já esta semana?— Vai sábado.— Sábado? Ah! sim! sim! Peça a mamãe que me mande buscar sábado! Sábado! Este sábado, não? Que me mande buscar, sem falta.

I limited myself to inquiring of the agregado when he would go to the house to see my mother. I am longing for mommy. Can I go this week? Go Saturday. Saturday? Ah! yes! yes! Ask mommy to send for me Saturday! Saturday! This Saturday, right? Send for me without fail.

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The setting

The narrator asks the agregado when he will go home to see his mother, expressing longing and requesting to go on Saturday.

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The narrator asks the agregado when he will visit his mother, expressing homesickness and eagerly requesting to go on Saturday, repeating the day with excitement and insistence.

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