'Coldness and haughtiness'
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Mas era recebida com tal frieza e altivez, que a infeliz recuava espavorida
But she was received with such coldness and haughtiness that the hapless girl drew back in terror,
Every approach is met with 'frieza e altivez,' coldness and haughtiness — the borrowed hauteur of a hurt woman defending herself. And so Isaura 'recuava espavorida,' drew back terrified. It is telling that coldness frightens her more than cruelty would: the withdrawal of the one warm heart she trusted feels like the ground giving way, and she retreats from it as from an abyss.
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