'One must get used to it'
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— Estás amuada?... tens razão, mas é preciso ir-se accomodando com este novo modo de vida.
— Are you sulking?... you're right, but one must go on getting used to this new way of life.
André plays the sympathetic counsellor, but it is only a way in. 'Estás amuada?,' are you sulking?, feigns concern; the advice to 'ir-se accomodando,' to get used to it, is the voice slavery uses on all its victims — accept, adjust, endure. Coming from a fellow slave angling for her favour, it is both hollow and self-serving.
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