When the heart is in it
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— Não de certo; uma ordem é um dever, e um dever cumpre-se com satisfação, quando o coração nelle se interessa.
“Not at all; an order is a duty, and a duty is carried out with pleasure when the heart takes an interest in it.”
“Not at all; an order is a duty, and a duty is carried out with pleasure when the heart takes an interest in it.”
Here Loredano finally lands the blow he has been circling: Álvaro obeyed so eagerly because his heart was in it — because someone waits for him. Wrapped in a maxim about duty, the insinuation is now unmistakable, and it points straight at the ‘sacred' subject Álvaro forbade.
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