Dom Casmurro 89.3 · 89.3

Quando referi o caso ao agregado

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Quando referi o caso ao agregado, este sorriu, e disse -me que o motivo escondido da prima era provavelmente não dar ao enterro o lustre da minha pessoa ".

When I referred the case to the dependent, he smiled, and said to me that the hidden motive of the cousin was probably not to give to the burial 'the luster of my person'.

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The narrator recounts telling the agregado about the case and his cousin's hidden motive.

A note on this passage

The narrator tells how the agregado interpreted the cousin's actions, suggesting she wanted to avoid giving the funeral the narrator's personal prestige.

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