An idea working in his mind
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O italiano conservava-se taciturno, e deixava que os outros o trouxessem à baila, sem dar-se por achado: era fácil de ver que ele seguia com afinco uma idéia que lhe trabalhava no espírito.
The Italian kept silent, and let the others draw him into the talk without letting on: it was easy to see that he was following, with intent, an idea that worked in his mind.
The Italian kept silent, and let the others draw him into the talk without letting on: it was easy to see that he was following, with intent, an idea that worked in his mind.
The narrator confirms what the teasing missed: Loredano is not lovesick but scheming, an idea 'working in his mind.' Alencar marks the villain's method — silence, dissimulation, a fixed and secret purpose. ('idéia' pre-1990 accent; frozen.)
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