She waits, then broaches it
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Quando esta, depois de deixar passar alguns dias em respeito á dor de que julgava seo marido acabrunhado,
When she, after letting some days pass out of respect for the grief with which she believed her husband overwhelmed,
Malvina's decency shows even in her timing: she waits, 'em respeito á dor,' out of respect for the grief she assumes he feels, before raising the matter of Isaura. The dramatic irony is sharp — the reader has just been told his grief is a sham, so her tender consideration is entirely wasted on a man who feels nothing. She extends kindness to cruelty and cannot see it.
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