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EN It was a disguise; it was the refuge of a man afraid to own his own feelings, who could not say, This is what I like --this is what I am; and rather pitiable and distasteful to William Bankes and Lily Briscoe, who wondered why such concealments should be necessary; why he needed always praise; why so brave a man in thought should be so timid in life; how strangely he was venerable and laughable at one and the same time.
GL Era un disfrace; o refuxio dun home temeroso dos seus propios sentimentos, que non se atrevía a dicir: isto é o que me gusta, isto é o que eu son; e máis ben desagradable e digno de compaixón para William Bankes e Lily Briscoe, que se preguntaban por que necesitaba tanto disimulo; por que sempre necesitaba louvanzas; por que un home tan ousado no pensamento era tan tímido na vida; de que xeito tan estraño era asemade respectable e ridículo.
Fonte: CAR (551)

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