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Chastity, in any case, was not high among Patricius’s concerns.
La castidad, en cualquier caso, no ocupaba un lugar muy destacado entre las preocupaciones de Patricio.
The fantasies must have been all the sweeter because this was a difficult time for Patricius.
Tales fantasías debieron de saberle a Patricio todavía mejor en aquellos momentos, porque de hecho estaba pasando una mala racha.
His self-analysis led him back to the sinfulness of his father, not Patricius but rather his “first father.”
El examen de conciencia lo remitía a la naturaleza pecadora de su padre, no ya Patricio, sino su «primer padre».
Under intense, if quiet, pressure from his ardently Christian wife to become baptized, Patricius resisted.
Pese a la intensa —aunque callada— presión de su esposa, fervorosa cristiana, que lo exhortaba a bautizarse, Patricio se resistía.
At the bathhouse Patricius allowed himself to leap ahead in his fantasies and to imagine himself surrounded by his grandchildren, the offspring of his successful son.
En las termas, Patricio se permitió el lujo de adelantarse en su imaginación y verse ya rodeado de nietos, fruto del éxito de su hijo.
These last were the elected representatives of the plebs, that vast bulk of the Roman citizen body unable to claim the high distinction of being a patricius, a patrician.
Estos últimos eran los representantes elegidos del pueblo, ese vasto conjunto de ciudadanos romanos sin derecho a la alta distinción de ser patricios.
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