The silent bodyguard
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que já cançado e envergonhado do papel de mudo guarda-costas,
who, already tired and embarrassed by the role of a mute bodyguard,
The narrator wryly recalls his assignment from Chapter V: Malvina had asked him to stand as her silent 'guarda-costa.' Silence chafes a man like Henrique; his vanity cannot bear a supporting role, so he seizes the stage.
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