The news like a bomb
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depois que a noticia da morte do commendador, estalando como uma bomba no meio das intrigas domesticas,
after the news of the commendador's death, bursting like a bomb amid the household intrigues,
The image is violent and modern: the commendador's death 'estalando como uma bomba,' bursting like a bomb, in the middle of the family's quarrels. The commendador was Leôncio's father, whose sudden death (at Cap. VI's close) hands his son the whole estate. The 'intrigas domesticas' — the tangle of Malvina's suspicion, Henrique's threats, Isaura's plight — are the powder the news ignites.
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