Not without asking my father
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mas deves saber que não posso satisfazer o teo desejo sem primeiro entender-me com meo pae, que está na côrte.
'but you must know that I cannot satisfy your wish without first conferring with my father, who is at court.'
There it is: the 'but,' and the same old alibi — nothing without his father, away at the imperial court in Rio. Distance and paternal authority are his shield, and the delay they buy is exactly what he wants.
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