Enchanted by her
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que continuava á porta da casa, deixando-nos a mim e ao pae encantados della;
who remained at the house door, leaving us, me and the father, enchanted by her;
She leaves father and boy alike caught in her charm.
She leaves the two of them 'encantados della' — enchanted by her — the father and the boy alike caught in her charm as she walks off. The mother waits at the door; the household frame closes gently around the moment.
The detail that both men are enchanted is quietly important. Capitú's spell is not aimed only at Bento; it is general, effortless, and it works on her doting father too. What Bento will later read as seductive design is here shown as something closer to atmosphere — a charm she gives off without trying, which is exactly what makes it impossible to indict.
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