Não era medo
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Não era medo; noutra ocasião pode ser até que entrasse com facilidade e curiosidade, mas agora ia tão contente! Ver um defunto ao voltar de uma namorada... Há coisas que se não ajustam nem combinam.
It was not fear; on another occasion it could even be that he entered with ease and curiosity, but now he was so happy! To see a dead person upon returning from a girlfriend... There are things that do not adjust nor combine.
The narrator reflects on a conflicting situation.
The narrator reflects that his current feeling is not fear, though in other circumstances he might have entered with ease and curiosity. He contrasts his happy mood with the grim task of seeing a dead person after visiting his girlfriend, noting that some things are incompatible.
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