In time for the prayer
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— Já que o quereis, força é satisfazer-vos. Noto que a ordem de D. Antonio, e o italiano carregou nesta palavra, manda-vos estar no Paquequer um pouco antes de seis horas, a tempo de ouvir a prece.
“Since you insist, I must satisfy you. I note that the order of Dom Antônio” — and the Italian leaned on the word — “bids you be at the Paquequer a little before six o'clock, in time to hear the prayer.”
“Since you insist, I must satisfy you. I note that the order of Dom Antônio” — and the Italian leaned on the word — “bids you be at the Paquequer a little before six o'clock, in time to hear the prayer.”
At last the point: the order fixed the arrival for the hour of evening prayer. The stress Loredano lays on ‘Dom Antônio' insinuates that the true magnet was not the father's command but someone under his roof — the daughter, Cecília — waiting at the devotion.
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