Dom Casmurro — Chapter 69, passage by passage
The original Portuguese with a word-by-word English interlinear. Tap any passage.
- 69.1 One of the gestures that best express my essence was the devotion with which… — A gesture of devotion
- 69.2 The dependent wanted to go with me, and began to dress himself, but he… — The need for lived experience
- 69.3 I felt the need to avoid any conversation that would divert my thought from… — The need for lived experience
- 69.4 Nor was it only to ask him forgiveness for the sin, it was also… — The need for lived experience
- 69.5 Jehovah, although divine, or for that very reason, is a much more human Rothschild,… — Jeová's divine forgiveness
- 69.6 Now, I didn't want another thing; from then on I would not make more… — The need for lived experience
- 69.7 I heard mass; upon raising to God, I thanked for the life and health… — The need for lived experience
- 69.8 In the end, it reminded me that the Church established in the confessional a… — The confessional as a secure registry
- 69.9 But my incorrigible shyness closed that sure door for me; I feared not to… — The incorrigible shyness
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