'Ever less kind'
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A senhora, com o correr dos dias, tornava-se cada vez menos tratavel e benigna para com a escrava,
The mistress, with the passing of the days, grew ever less approachable and kind toward the slave,
The estrangement is gradual, 'com o correr dos dias' — as the days ran on — and 'cada vez menos tratavel e benigna,' ever less approachable and kind. The pairing of 'senhora' (mistress) and 'escrava' (slave) in one sentence quietly restores the hierarchy that affection had softened: as the warmth cools, the raw fact of ownership shows through again.
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