She missed the pomp of the cult
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Em religião o mesmo sucedia; e um dos maiores desgostos que ela sentia na sua existência, era não se ver cercada de todo esse aparato do culto, que D. Antônio, como os homens de uma fé robusta e de um espírito direito, tinha sabido substituir perfeitamente.
In religion it was the same; and one of the greatest griefs of her life was not to be surrounded by all that pomp of worship, which D. Antônio — like men of robust faith and upright spirit — had known how to replace perfectly.
In religion it was the same: one of her great griefs was to live without all the apparatus of worship, which D. Antônio — like men of robust faith and upright spirit — had known how to replace perfectly.
Her devotion, like her nobility, needs display — 'the pomp of worship.' Her husband's faith is inward and needs no theater. Alencar draws the same distinction twice: substance in him, show in her.
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