The thread runs on its own
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O fio se estendia como que machinalmente entre seos dedos mimosos,
The thread drew out as if mechanically between her dainty fingers,
The portrait begins with the hands. The thread pays out 'como que machinalmente' — as if by itself, without her attention — because her mind is far away. The detail of the 'dedos mimosos,' the delicate fingers, keeps the beauty in view even in a gesture of pure absent-minded labour.
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