The wife opened her house
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A esposa do commendador, na ausencia deste, dava ao portuguez franca entrada em sua casa,
The commander's wife, in his absence, gave the Portuguese free entry to her house,
The good mistress quietly undoes her husband's cruelty, letting Miguel in whenever the master is gone. Her kindness is the counterweight to Leôncio's line — proof the story keeps offering that decency and power occasionally, briefly, met in the same house.
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