Dom Casmurro 3.36 · 3.36

Now the insinuation widens to include the neighbour: 'o pae faz que não vê' — the father makes as if he doesn't see, i.e. deliberately looks the other way. It is an ugly little charge, imputing not just negligence but design to Pádua — as if he were quietly steering his daughter toward the wealthier boy next door. José Dias builds his case by populating it with motives, none of them provable, all of them lowering. The whole household next door is being reframed, in a few whispered clauses, as a soft conspiracy against the Santiagos.

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