A Escrava Isaura 3.142 · 3.142

The mockery is gone; the mask drops to open threat, 'gesto ameaçador', a menacing gesture. That Leoncio demands 'repete', say it again, is the surest sign the blow struck home — he needs to hear whether Henrique really knows, and to frighten him out of knowing it aloud. The bluster is fear wearing the face of anger.

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