A Escrava Isaura 4.21 · 4.21

Isaura answers the injustice head-on with the one question the whole book turns on: 'que culpa tenho eu?' — what have I done to deserve this hunting? She refuses the premise that being desired is her offence. That she must preface it with 'Perdão, senhor' — begging pardon for asking — measures exactly how little standing she has to ask it.

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