This is a commented edition of The Portuguese Woman, one of the novellas Musil first collected in Drei Frauen. It is set in the Middle Ages. A lord of the Alpine borderlands leaves his castle for long campaigns, and then brings home a wife from far away. Their marriage unfolds across years of absence and return, and the story reflects on duty, strangeness and the way a life can be shaped by long waiting. The commentary supplies background on the text and its place in Musil's work, helping the reader see how compact and unusual the tale is.