Pen in hand, feigning to write
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e de penna em punho pôz-se a meditar em attitude, de quem ia escrever.
and pen in hand set himself to meditate, in the attitude of one about to write.
The pose of a writer without the deed — pen poised, 'meditating,' merely looking the part. Guimarães freezes him in bad faith: every outward sign of compliance, and inwardly only delay, waiting for anything that will let him off.
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