Pining for some lass
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— Voto a Deus, Martim Vaz, disse um terceiro, que são penares por alguma moçoila que andou reqüestando em São Sebastião.
— I vow to God, Martim Vaz, said a third, that it's pinings for some lass he was courting in São Sebastião.
— I vow to God, Martim Vaz, said a third, that it's pinings for some lass he was courting in São Sebastião.
The men guess at lovesickness — São Sebastião is Rio de Janeiro's old name. Their teasing is close to the truth without knowing it: Loredano's obsession IS a woman, but Cecília, not some town girl. ('reqüestando' carries the pre-1990 trema; frozen as published.)
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