Miguel, a servant of yours
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— Miguel, um criado de Vª. Sª.
'Miguel, a servant of Your Lordship.'
He supplies the name Leôncio pretended to forget, and folds himself small — 'a servant of Your Lordship.' The self-effacing formula is the courtesy of the powerless; Miguel spends it freely, having no other coin of standing to offer.
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