A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 4.27 · 4.27

Another time

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Em outra occasião te escutarei.

I'll hear you another time.

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EmengOnoutraOH-traanotheroccasiãoo-ka-zee-ÃUoccasionteteyouescutareiesh-koo-ta-RAYI shall hear.

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I'll hear you another time.

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A postponement that both dismisses her and keeps her on the hook — 'another time' is not a promise but a leash. The conversation will resume when it suits him, on ground of his choosing. He leaves the door ajar precisely so she cannot close it.

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