1963 - 1964.
Snu, tries to deal with the idiosyncrasies of the country, with the difficulties of the Portuguese language and begins to read in Portuguese. At the same time, she is part of the Abecassis family, but is not satisfied with the passivity that goes through her life. Maria Armanda responds affirmatively to the appeal of her friend Sttau Monteiro to intercede in favor of the imprisoned student, Gabriel, the son of the typographer. Maria Armanda resorts to a family friendship and sees herself before a high official of the State to defend Gabriel. The translations she does with her husband give to survive. Maria Armanda feeds the dream of writing and entering journalism. However, the weight of the day-to-day begins to affect the love relationship. With the complicity of Natália, and as a strategy of affirmation and publicity, Ribeiro de Mello staged "O Teste", in the Society of Fine Arts, an event that consists of a poetic and reading poems with timely applause, opposing different literary currents. Those supported by Ribeiro de Mello win "The Test". Snu, confronted with the problem of censorship by reading a French and Portuguese translation of a translation by Ana Karenina, decides to found a publisher in Portugal: Don Quixote. Young Gabriel, though released, receives the letter announcing compulsory incorporation into the army.
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