A Escrava Isaura 3.137 · 3.137

The transformation completes: 'acalmou-se', he grew calm, and put on 'sorriso de soberano desdem', a smile of sovereign disdain — Leoncio's own weapon now worn on Henrique's face. The two men have traded expressions, mockery for mockery, and the colon at the end leaves the counterstroke poised. The duel is fully joined, and Isaura, its supposed cause, has vanished from both their minds.

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