The name escapes me
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— é o senhor....— não me lembra o nome....
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The insult finished off in a shrug: 'the name escapes me.' To not-remember a man's name is to deny he counts. Miguel, hat in hand, must supply it himself — the small daily humiliation the powerful hand out for free.
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