A Escrava Isaura 2.78 · 2.78

The settlement has its careful clause, and it is pure self-interest dressed as prudence: he keeps 'as rendas', an income, and it suffices him 'com sobegidão' — with abundance, more than enough. He gives away the estate but keeps a rich cushion; he wants ease, not sacrifice. It is a small, exact stroke of character — the man who reckoned Isaura's education by its cost now reckons his own retirement by its comfort. Nothing he does is ever quite free of the ledger. And the arrangement leaves Leôncio in full possession, the old restraint gone off to the city, drawing his rents and asking no questions.

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