Storia do Mogor 265.7.7

265.7.7

Another case was that of a man married to a virtuous woman. The wife took no notice of the misdeeds of the husband with a slave girl, while the latter was eager to make away with her mistress and take her place. She made false accusations, and told her master that his wife had taken to evil ways, receiving a paramour in the house at fixed hours every night. She described the place at which he entered. In saying this, she failed to reflect on what might happen to herself. She imagined that, on seeing this verified, he would return and kill the lady. But it did not turn out as she desired. To carry the thing out [183] she disguised herself as a man, and went at the appointed hour to the place she had mentioned. The master came to find out if it was true, and ascertained that the negress spoke truly. In his anger he let off his matchlock, so that she fell from the wall to the ground, and as she fell she gave a cry. This saved the husband from killing his wife, for he recognised at once both the voice and the maliciousness of the negro woman.