A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 5.109 · 5.109

He couldn't look at his face

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Henrique altamente indignado contra o cunhado, não lhe queria ver a cara;

Henrique, deeply outraged with his brother-in-law, could not bear to look at his face;

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Henrique, deeply outraged with his brother-in-law, could not bear to look at his face;

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Henrique's fury has hardened into revulsion — 'não lhe queria ver a cara', he could not stand the sight of him. The rash man who blurted the secret is now the righteous one; his shame at his indiscretion has curdled into hatred of the man who provoked it. He flees the house, as the two women have, each driven out by Leôncio in turn.

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