Alone and elderly, and seeing everything around me in the hands of the enemy, still I declare that my property is whole and untouched. 
I have, I hold whatever of mine I have ever had.
There is no reason for you to suppose me conquered and yourself my conqueror. 
It is your fortune which has overcome mine.
As for those fleeting possessions which change their owners,
I know not where they are; 
what belongs to myself is with me, and ever will be.
Belo Horizonte