Living as a dependent
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Como vivesse de favor na casa, explica-se que não desestimasse a dona e calasse os seus ressentimentos, ou só dissesse mal dela a Deus e ao Diabo. Caso tivesse ressentimentos de minha mãe, não era uma razão mais para detestar Capitu, nem ela precisava de razões suplementares. Contudo, a intimidade de Capitu fê-la mais aborrecível à minha parenta.
As he lived as a dependent in the house, it is explained that he did not displease the lady and kept his resentments silent, or only spoke ill of her to God and the Devil. If he had resentments of my mother, it was not one more reason to hate Capitu, nor did she need supplementary reasons. However, the intimacy of Capitu made her more detestable to my relative.
The narrator explains that because he lived in the house as a dependent, he did not displease the lady of the house and kept his resentments to himself, or only spoke ill of her to God and the Devil. If he had resentments against his mother, that was not an additional reason to hate Capitu, nor did she need supplementary reasons. However, Capitu's intimacy made her more detestable to his relative.
The narrator explains that because the person lived in the house as a dependent, he avoided displeasing the lady and kept his resentments to himself, only complaining to God and the Devil. Even if he had resentments against the narrator's mother, that did not give him additional reason to hate Capitu, nor did she need extra reasons. But Capitu's intimacy made her even more detestable to the relative.
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