As if he had noticed nothing
Read the full text in our reader
e como quem nenhum repáro fizera no tom ceremonioso, com que Malvina o tratava.
and as one who had taken no notice of the ceremonious tone in which Malvina addressed him.
He performs obliviousness deliberately — pretending not to register her frost. It is a small cruelty of its own: to be treated lightly by the person who has wronged you is its own insult.
Read the full commentary — and tap any word for its dictionary entry — in the interlinear reader.
Open A Escrava Isaura 6.4 in the full reader
Always open passages in the reader
You are reading a page of the A Escrava Isaura — the whole book is free in our interlinear reader.
The Great Library Project presses the classics in their original languages, glossed word by word — free to read, always. Browse the whole library.
Also on our shelves:
A Escrava Isaura 6.4 — The Great Library Project interlinear edition · greatlibraryproject.com/book/escravaisaura/6.4/