Aloud, handing back the wallet
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— Senhor Miguel,— continuou em voz alta, entregando-lhe a carteira,
'Senhor Miguel,' he continued aloud, handing him back the wallet,
The private sneer becomes the public voice — and the wallet goes back. The physical return of the money is the refusal made flesh: the ransom pushed back across the table, and with it the freedom it would have bought.
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