The lord who protected them
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O fidalgo os recebia como um rico-homem que devia protecção e asylo aos seus vassallos; soccorria-os em todas as suas necessidades, e era estimado e respeitado por todos que vinhão, confiados na sua visinhança, estabelecer-se por esses lugares.
The fidalgo received them as a great lord owing protection and asylum to his vassals; he relieved them in all their needs, and was esteemed and respected by all who came, trusting in his nearness, to settle about those parts.
The fidalgo received them as a great lord owing protection and refuge to his vassals; he relieved them in all their needs, and was esteemed and respected by all who came, trusting in his nearness, to settle in those parts.
The feudal bond is shown from the top down now: not just walls to hide behind but a lord who feeds and shelters his people and is loved for it. Alencar is careful to make Dom Antônio's authority benevolent, so that the tragedy ahead falls not on a tyrant but on a genuinely good ruler of a genuinely small world.
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