'The love she devoted'
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e o amor, que Malvina consagrava a Leoncio, a despeito de seos desmandos e devassidões,
and the love that Malvina devoted to Leôncio, despite his excesses and debaucheries,
'Consagrava' — consecrated, devoted as something sacred — measures the depth of Malvina's love: it was an offering, given wholly. And it survived 'a despeito de seos desmandos e devassidões,' despite his excesses and debaucheries. This is the tragedy of the good wife bound to the bad husband: her love is not blind to his faults, it simply outlasts them.
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