D. Antônio's religious pretext
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D. Antônio não sabia o que responder; e foi obrigado a procurar um pretexto para explicar ao índio o seu procedimento: a idéia da religião, que todos os povos compreendem, pareceu-lhe a mais própria.
D. Antônio did not know what to answer; and he was forced to seek a pretext to explain his conduct to the Indian: the idea of religion, which all peoples understand, seemed to him the most fitting.
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