Why I lingered here
Read the full text in our reader
Demorei-me em descrever a scena e fallar de algumas das principaes personagens dessa historia, porque assim era preciso para que se comprehendão os acontecimentos que depois se passarão.
I have lingered over describing the scene and speaking of some of the chief characters of this story, because it was so needful, so that the events which took place afterward may be understood.
The narrator explains himself: I have lingered over describing the scene and the chief characters of this story, because it was needed, so that the events which follow may be understood.
Alencar steps forward in his own voice to justify the long, static chapter — everything so far has been groundwork. It is a frank compact with the reader: bear with the scene-setting, he says, because only against this fully built world will the coming drama make sense.
Read the full commentary — and tap any word for its dictionary entry — in the interlinear reader.
Open O Guarani 2.41 in the full reader
Always open passages in the reader
You are reading a page of the O Guarani — the whole book is free in our interlinear reader.
The Great Library Project presses the classics in their original languages, glossed word by word — free to read, always. Browse the whole library.
Also on our shelves:
O Guarani 2.41 — The Great Library Project interlinear edition · greatlibraryproject.com/book/guarani/2.41/