Dom Casmurro 91.3 · 91.3

O achado consola-me

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E o achado consola-me; já agora não esquecerei mais que dei dois ou três meses de felicidade a um pobre diabo, fazendo-lhe esquecer o mal e o resto. É alguma coisa na liquidação da minha vida.

And the finding consoles me; now I will not forget that I gave two or three months of happiness to a poor devil, making him forget the evil and the rest. It is something in the settlement of my life.

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The narrator finds consolation in having given a poor devil a few months of happiness.

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The narrator finds consolation in having given a poor devil a few months of happiness, which helps him forget his own troubles.

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