'Inert, cynical indifference'
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Leoncio por seo lado, levando por diante o seo plano de oppôr aos assomos da esposa a mais inerte e cynica indifferença,
Leôncio, for his part, carrying forward his plan of opposing to his wife's outbursts the most inert and cynical indifference,
The narrator names Leôncio's strategy outright: a 'plano' — a deliberate plan — to meet 'os assomos da esposa,' his wife's outbursts, with 'a mais inerte e cynica indifferença.' 'Inerte' is the key word: he wins by not moving, denying her the fight she needs. His calm is not peace but a chosen weapon, aimed at exhausting her into leaving.
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