That would be dreadfully dull
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isso seria horrivelmente monotono e prosaico.
'that would be horribly monotonous and prosaic.'
The worldview in one line: to Leôncio, fidelity is tedium and lasting love is bad taste. He casts himself as the sophisticate and his loyal wife as a naive provincial — a self-justification the novel means us to despise.
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