'She still wished to believe'
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Todavia quiz ainda acreditar na sinceridade das palavras de seo marido,
Yet she still wished to believe in the sincerity of her husband's words,
Love clings past reason: Malvina 'quiz ainda acreditar' — still wished to believe — in words she half-knows are false. The verb 'querer' here is willed belief, choosing to trust because the alternative is unbearable. The narrator will later say that in tender souls hatred fades faster than love; this is that love, refusing to see.
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