The nearest neighbour
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Além dos aventureiros, o mais proximo habitante que havia era um cavalheiro portuguez, Marcos da Costa, amigo de D. Antonio, e que estabelecêra a sua morada á tres leguas, na margem do Parahyba.
Beyond the adventurers, the nearest dweller was a Portuguese gentleman, Marcos da Costa, a friend of Dom Antônio, who had established his home three leagues off, on the bank of the Paraíba.
Beyond the adventurers, the nearest dweller was a Portuguese gentleman, Marcos da Costa, a friend of Dom Antônio, who had made his home three leagues off, on the bank of the Paraíba.
Alencar drops in the one friendly neighbour, three leagues away, and the distance is the point: the house stands almost alone in a vast solitude. Marcos da Costa is named lightly now, a thread laid down for later — the technique the chapter's closing lines promise, letting the other figures 'draw themselves.'
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