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Alvaro quiz cortar a conversação neste ponto; mas o seu companheiro proseguio com uma extrema amabilidade:
Álvaro tried to cut the conversation off at this point; but his companion went on with extreme affability:
Álvaro tried to cut the conversation off there; but his companion went on with extreme affability.
The ‘extreme affability' is the trap. Loredano refuses to let the exchange end where Álvaro wants it to, and his exaggerated courtesy is the very thing that keeps the young man cornered — politeness weaponized.
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