Minha mãe, ao parecer dele
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Minha mãe, ao parecer dele, estava arrependida do que fizera, e desejaria ver-me cá fora, mas entendia que o vínculo moral da promessa a prendia indissoluvelmente.
My mother, in his opinion, was repentant of what she had done, and would desire to see me here outside, but understood that the moral bond of the promise held her indissolubly.
The narrator describes his mother's apparent regret and the moral bond of a promise.
The narrator explains that according to someone's opinion, his mother regretted her actions and wished to see him free, but felt bound by the moral obligation of a promise.
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