The anxiety of hearing the truth
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Só me falara na doença, como negócio simples; mas o chamado, o silêncio, os suspiros podiam dizer alguma coisa mais. O coração batia -me com força, as pernas bambeavam -me, mais de uma vez cuidei cair... O anseio de escutar a verdade complicava-se em mim com o temor de a saber.
She had only spoken to me about the illness as a simple matter; but the calling, the silence, the sighs could say something more. My heart beat in me with force, my legs wobbled in me, more than once I thought I would fall... The anxiety to hear the truth was complicated in me with the fear of knowing it.
The narrator recalls how someone had only mentioned the illness as a simple matter, but the calling, the silence, the sighs could say something more. His heart beat strongly, his legs wobbled, more than once he thought he would fall... The anxiety to hear the truth was complicated in him by the fear of knowing it.
The narrator describes his physical and emotional reaction to the possibility of learning the truth about the illness, which he both desires and fears.
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