Question

Bring out the contradiction in the last exchange between the author and the Portuguese ambassador ‘In concrete terms,’ I asked at last, ‘what did she do?’ ‘Nothing,’ he said, with a certain disenchantment. ‘She dreamed.’

Answer 1

The last paragraph of the story highlights the discussion between the Portuguese ambassador and the author where the lady used to work. After a few months, the conversation took place, but it contained contradictions even though the author knew what happened with the lady and her job. Still, the author puts forward a question before the Portuguese ambassador about his dead housekeeper and what the lady does. The reply from the ambassador was that she did nothing but she dreamed, which the author already knew.