The reflex of an aching heart
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mas isso era o reflexo das inquietações e angustias, que lhe opprimião o coração,
but that was the reflection of the disquiet and anguish that oppressed her heart,
Guimarães is careful to name the true cause. The sadness in her smile is not wounded pride at the demotion — he will say so outright in the next breath — but the deeper dread of a captive whose fate is closing in. The heart is 'oppressed,' the same word an era used for tyranny.
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