A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.13 · 6.13

No longer the same

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ha muito que o senhor não é o mesmo para commigo, e me trata com tal frieza e indifferença...

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'for a long time now you have not been the same toward me, and you treat me with such coldness and indifference...'

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The specific grievance underneath the scandal: not just Isaura, but the slow going-cold of a husband. 'Há muito que...' — for a long while now — names the real wound, the withdrawal of warmth that predated the betrayal.

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