'The most indifferent of guests'
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assistio á partida de sua mulher, como se fôra o mais indifferente dos hospedes.
he watched his wife's departure as if he were the most indifferent of guests.
The simile lands the blow: he watched his own wife leave 'como se fôra o mais indifferente dos hospedes' — as if he were the most indifferent of guests, a stranger with no stake in the house or the marriage. The comparison strips the bond of husband to nothing; he has made himself a spectator at the ruin of his own home, and the next paragraph will reveal why.
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