His eyes fell on Isaura
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Depois, pairando as vistas em derredor, deo com os olhos em Isaura, a qual, desde que Leoncio se apresentára, corrida, trémula e anhelante, fôra sumir-se em um canto da sala;
Then, casting his gaze about, his eyes fell on Isaura, who, since Leoncio appeared, flushed, trembling and breathless, had gone to hide in a corner of the room;
Then, casting his gaze about, his eyes fell on Isaura, who, since Leoncio appeared, flushed, trembling and breathless, had gone to hide in a corner of the room;
The camera returns to the person the men forgot. Since Leoncio came in she has been 'corrida, trémula e anhelante', flushed, trembling, breathless, and has 'sumir-se em um canto', slipped into a corner — the instinct to make herself unseen. She was the subject of every word and party to none, and now the master's eye, having lost its duel, swings back to find her. The turn is quietly menacing.
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