Posthumous opinion
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Esta opinião, segundo tio Cosme, era póstuma, pois em vida andavam às brigas, e os últimos seis meses acabaram separados. Tanto melhor para a justiça dela; o louvor dos mortos é um modo de orar por eles. Também gostaria de minha mãe, ou se algum mal pensou dela foi entre si e o travesseiro.
This opinion, according to Uncle Cosme, was posthumous, since in life they went to quarrels, and the last six months ended separated. So much the better for her justice; praise of the dead is a way of praying for them. Also he would have liked of my mother, or if he thought some ill of her, it was between himself and the pillow.
The narrator reflects on an opinion that, according to Uncle Cosme, was posthumous, since in life they quarreled and the last six months ended separated. So much the better for her justice; praise of the dead is a way of praying for them. He also would have liked his mother, or if he thought any ill of her, it was between himself and the pillow.
The narrator comments that an opinion about a deceased person is posthumous, as the couple quarreled in life and separated. He suggests that praising the dead is a form of prayer. He also reflects that his uncle would have liked his mother, or any ill thought of her was kept private.
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