Portuguese–English parallel text

A Chave

The Key

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Na manhã de domingo, Nora bateu na porta de Sam às nove horas. Ela estava com o envelope com a foto na mão, e parecia que não tinha dormido.

On Sunday morning Nora knocked on Sam’s door at nine o’clock. She had the envelope with the photo in her hand, and she looked like she hadn’t slept.

“Eu disse que ia bater na porta dela hoje”, ela disse. “Estou esperando no pátio faz vinte minutos. Você vem comigo? Você não precisa falar nada. Só fica lá.”

“I said I’d knock on her door today,” she said. “I’ve been standing in the courtyard for twenty minutes. Will you come with me? You don’t have to say anything. Just stand there.”

“Eu sou muito bom em ficar lá parado”, disse Sam. “Pode perguntar para qualquer pessoa.”

“I’m very good at standing there,” said Sam. “Ask anyone.”

Eles desceram as escadas juntos. Mas quando chegaram ao térreo, não precisaram bater. A Sra. Novak já estava do lado de fora da porta dela, de roupão rosa e chinelos, com um jornal em uma mão e uma cara muito brava.

They went down the stairs together. But when they got to the ground floor, they didn’t have to knock. Mrs. Novak was already outside her door, in a pink dressing gown and slippers, with a newspaper in one hand and a very angry face.

“Não fala nada”, ela disse. “Eu saí para pegar o jornal. A porta fechou atrás de mim. As minhas chaves estão na mesa da cozinha. Perto do café, que está esfriando.”

“Don’t say anything,” she said. “I went out to get the newspaper. The door closed behind me. My keys are on the kitchen table. Next to the coffee, which is getting cold.”

Aí ela viu quem estava do lado de Sam. Ela puxou o roupão para mais perto do corpo e olhou para o chão.

Then she saw who was standing next to Sam. She pulled her dressing gown closer and looked at the floor.

“Bom dia, Nora”, ela disse baixinho.

“Good morning, Nora,” she said quietly.

“Bom dia”, disse Nora. “Tia Vera.”

“Good morning,” said Nora. “Aunt Vera.”

Por um longo momento ninguém se moveu. Então, lá de cima, veio a voz de Leo: “Essa porta está trancada? Eu adoro uma porta trancada! Eu tenho um plano!”

For a long moment nobody moved. Then, from upstairs, came Leo’s voice: “Is this a locked door? I love a locked door! I have a plan!”

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