'He noted her absence'
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De uma janella vio as escravas fiandeiras atravessarem o pateo para irem jantar, e notou a ausencia de Isaura.
From a window he saw the spinning-women cross the yard to go to dinner, and noted Isaura's absence.
The hunter's watchfulness pays off — but not as he expects. Counting the spinning-women filing to dinner, he 'notou a ausencia de Isaura,' noted Isaura's absence. He reads it as opportunity: she is off alone. The reader, and the chapter's title, know better — the absence is the first sign of the escape her father has arranged. Dramatic irony opens the chapter: the predator mistakes his quarry's flight for his own good luck.
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