O canapé compreendeu a situação
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Deles só o canapé pareceu haver compreendido a nossa situação moral, visto que nos ofereceu os serviços da sua palhinha, com tal insistência que os aceitamos e nos sentamos. Data daí a opinião particular que tenho do canapé.
Of them, only the sofa seemed to have understood our moral situation, since it offered us the services of its straw seat with such insistence that we accepted them and sat down. From there dates the particular opinion that I have of the sofa.
The narrator describes how only the sofa seemed to understand their moral situation.
The narrator humorously suggests that only the sofa understood their moral predicament, as it insistently offered its straw seat, leading them to sit. This incident is the origin of his particular opinion about the sofa.
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