Four enemies within
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Dentro de casa contava ella quatro inimigos, cada qual mais porfiado em roubar-lhe a paz da alma, e torturar-lhe o coração:
Within the house she counted four enemies, each more dogged than the last in robbing her of her soul's peace and torturing her heart:
The narrator tallies her besiegers like a general counting a siege — 'quatro inimigos,' four enemies, within her own household. 'Porfiado,' dogged, persistent, catches the wearing quality of the pursuit: not one assault but a ceaseless erosion of 'a paz da alma,' the soul's peace. The colon opens onto the roll-call.
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