'Arms folded'
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vio de braços cruzados e sem fazer a minima observação, os preparativos daquella rapida viagem,
watched, arms folded and without the slightest remark, the preparations for that swift journey,
'De braços cruzados' — arms folded — is the posture of the whole performance: a man who will not lift a hand, will not say a word, will not concede that anything of moment is happening. His stillness in the face of his wife's 'rapida viagem,' her hurried departure, is calculated cruelty dressed as composure.
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