The master of the house
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A habitação, que acabamos de descrever, pertencia a D. Antonio de Mariz, fidalgo portuguez cota d’armas e um dos fundadores da cidade do Rio de Janeiro.
The dwelling we have just described belonged to Dom Antônio de Mariz, a Portuguese nobleman entitled to a coat of arms and one of the founders of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Chapter II, 'Loyalty,' turns from the river to the man. The house on the cliff belonged to Dom Antônio de Mariz — Portuguese nobleman, veteran of the conquest, one of the founders of Rio de Janeiro.
Alencar swings the camera from the landscape to its lord, and does it with a genealogist's care: title, nation, rank, and a founder's credential all in one breath. Before we meet the man's heart we are shown his papers, because this chapter — 'Loyalty' — is about a nobleman who defines himself entirely by the oaths he has sworn.
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