"And what should prevent you marrying?" replied Padre Passanha; "at
Belem you could find a wife whose age would suit yours, and it would
be possible perhaps for you to settle in that town. That would be
better than this wandering life, of which, up to the present, you
have not made so very much."
"You are right, padre," answered Torres; "I do not say no. Besides
the example is contagious. Seeing all these young couples gives me
rather a longing for marriage. But I am quite a stranger in Belem,
and, for certain reasons, that would make my settlement more
difficult."
"Where do you come from, then?" asked Fragoso, who always had the
idea that he had already met Torres somewhere.
"From the province of Minas Geraes."
"And you were born----"
"In the capital of the diamond district, Tijuco."
Those who had seen Joam Garral at this moment would have been
surprised at the fixity of his look which met that of Torres.
CHAPTER XIX
ANCIENT HISTORY
BUT THE CONVERSATION was continued by Fragoso, who immediately
rejoined:
"What! you come from Tijuco, from the very capital of the diamond
district?"
"Yes," said Torres.
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