Merry as a little bird
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— Mas vem cá! Por que razão hás de estar triste, tu que durante todo o ano só tens um sorriso, tu que és alegre e travessa como um passarinho?
"But come here! What reason have you to be sad, you who all year long have only one smile, you who are merry and playful as a little bird?"
Chapter V. Cecília and Isabel talk — teasing banter that circles a real sadness in Cecília she cannot explain.
Isabel's image — one unbroken smile across a whole year — is how the household needs to see Cecília: a source of light that cannot be dimmed. The novel loves her for it too, and is about to test it, for the sadness she cannot explain is the first sign of a heart growing up.
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