'A bitter enemy'
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se não fosse Rosa, sua terrivel emula e figadal inimiga.
were it not for Rosa, her terrible rival and bitter enemy.
Rosa is named at last as the poison in the household — 'terrivel emula e figadal inimiga,' terrible rival and mortal enemy. 'Figadal,' from figado (the liver, once held the seat of the passions), marks a hatred rooted in the very guts. Rosa, Leôncio's cast-off amasia introduced in Chapter VII, envies Isaura both the beauty and the master's attentions she herself has lost; her enmity is personal and unappeasable.
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