Sooner or later, notorious
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o escandalo cedo ou tarde seria notorio,
'the scandal would sooner or later become notorious,'
His justification: it would all come out anyway. 'Cedo ou tarde' — sooner or later — the proverb of the small town where nothing stays hidden, and the plantation-house is exactly such a world, its walls thin with watching eyes.
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