Enough, gentlemen!
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— Basta, senhores!— gritou Malvina interpondo-se aos dois mancebos.
'Enough, gentlemen!' cried Malvina, placing herself between the two young men.
The wronged wife becomes the peacemaker, stepping bodily between the men. It is a quiet reversal of the whole scene: the two 'mancebos' snarling over her honour are the children here, and she the only adult in the room.
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