My sister shamefully outraged
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e nenhum dever tenho eu de ver de braços cruzados minha irmã indignamente ultrajada.
'and I have no duty to stand with arms folded and see my sister shamefully outraged.'
The one true note in Henrique's tirade: he will not watch his sister dishonoured 'de braços cruzados,' arms folded. The image is vivid and old — idle arms as the posture of the coward — and for once his meddling wears the face of loyalty.
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